Tamie Davis is an Aussie living in Tanzania, writing at meetjesusatuni.com.
Every afternoon while Elliot eats his dinner and then Arthur puts him through the bath, I go for a walk, skirting the boundary of the university. It’s not exactly a power walk, but it’s energetic. I normally listen to a podcast while I walk so I’ve got headphones in but […]
For me, reading to be energised is not the same as reading to be relaxed. I do the latter in my fiction and (auto)biographical reading which make up the bulk of my monthly book reviews. Energising reading for me means books that stimulate me intellectually, and which are only tangentially […]
The waterhole is a major feature of our walks, especially when it has water in it! We sit on the bridge and Elliot spots turtles and dragonflies while I try to assure the many concerned passers-by that he will not fall!
Something we’ve been confused about here in Tanzania is why so many Christian women marry Muslims. We asked our student friends, one of whom has a sister who got married to a Muslim. They said it’s not family pressure. Instead, for most girls, it’s seeing the money the Muslim guys […]
3/4 Oil, 1/4 water, and a few drops of food colouring in a bottle. Shake and be mesmerised! Durable so it keeps on giving. I had to use the ‘expensive’ imported sunflower oil, though, because the Tanzanian stuff is often brown and a bit murky.
Most of the time our learning about Tanzanian culture is built on observation, but every now and then we get a brilliant opportunity to sit someone down and get them to explicitly answer questions we have. Recently we got to talking about family relationships with two student leaders. Since God […]
Who would have thought wrapping paper would be so tricky to source and yet so useful? String and toilet rolls on the other hand – no problem!
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