"E uhi pono iā ia, e kau i ka pāpale a me nā mīkina lima ma luna ona!" Ua kauoha koʻu makuahine iaʻu i koʻu haʻalele ʻana i ka haukapila hānai ma Nairobi. He paʻakikī paha ke manaʻoʻiʻo, akā makaʻu ka poʻe Kenya i… ke anu. Noho mākou i kahi ʻāina wela, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā ua maloʻo ka mahana ma lalo o 15 ° C no mākou. Hana ʻia kēia ma Iune, Iulai a me ʻAukake, nā mahina e ʻaʻahu ʻia ai nā poʻe Kenyan liʻiliʻi i nā ʻāpana lole, me nā pāpale, mai ka hānau ʻana. Ke lohe koʻu mau ʻanakala a me koʻu mau ʻanakē i ka uē ʻana o kekahi o kaʻu mau keiki, hopohopo lākou: “He anu! “.
No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia, pono ʻoe e ʻike ʻaʻole wela ko mākou mau hale, no laila i ka "hoʻoilo" hiki ke maʻalili i loko. Aia ko mākou ʻāina ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka equator.
Piʻi ka lā a puni ka makahiki ma kahi o 6 am a napoʻo ma kahi o 18:30 pm Ala pinepine nā keiki i ka hola 5 a i ʻole 6 am, ke hoʻomaka ke ola no kēlā me kēia kanaka.
ʻO Zena ke ʻano he "nani" ma Swahili, a ʻo Vusei ʻo ia ka "hou". Ma Kenya, nui o
ʻekolu kā mākou inoa: inoa bapetizo (ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania), inoa ʻohana a inoa ʻohana. ʻOiai e kapa aku nā ʻohana he nui i nā keiki e like me ke kau (ua, lā, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), ʻo ka Kikuyu, ʻo ia ka ʻohana aʻu e pili ai, e kapa i kā lākou mau keiki ma hope o nā ʻohana pili. Ma Kenya, he mea maʻamau ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i nā inoa o nā mea kaulana. I ka makahiki 2015, ua kipa aku ka pelekikena mua o ʻAmelika iā Kenya (ʻo ia nō ʻo Kenyan), a mai ia manawa, loaʻa iā mākou ʻo Obamas, Michelle a me ... AirForceOne (ka inoa o ka mokulele kahi e holo ai nā pelekikena ʻAmelika )! ʻO ka hope, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka inoa o ka makua kāne a hoʻohana wale ʻia no nā palapala kūhelu.
He maʻa ʻakaʻaka loa kā mākou e kāhea aku i nā makuahine. ʻO “Mama Zena” ka inoa kapakapa i hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu e nā hoa Kenyan o kaʻu kaikamahine. No mākou, he hōʻailona ia o ka mahalo. ʻIke au he mea maʻalahi ia no nā makuahine i ʻike pinepine i nā inoa mua o nā hoaaloha o kā lākou mau keiki, akā ʻaʻole ko lākou mau mākua.
Me mākou, he hauʻoli ka hānau ʻana o ka pēpē no ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa. Noho au ma kahi kokoke
o ko'u mau malama eha. Ua lokomaikaʻi koʻu makuahine a ua kōkua iaʻu i ka manawa piha. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kona manawa a pau ma ka lumi kuke e hoʻomākaukau ana i nā kīʻaha ʻono e hoʻokipa i nā malihini. ʻO ka ʻohana, kokoke a mamao, hele mai nā hoaaloha a me nā hoahana mai nā ʻāina āpau, nā lima i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā makana no kaʻu kaikamahine. Māmā ʻo Māmā i kā mākou meaʻai kuʻuna naʻu, aia nā meaʻai a pau e pono ai ka makuahine ʻōpio. Eia kekahi laʻana, "uji", he porridge millet me ka waiū a me ke kō, i ʻai ʻia i ka lā a pau, a i ʻole "njahi", he huelo bipi a me ka pī ʻeleʻele. E kūʻē i ka constipation, ka mea maʻamau ma hope o ka pauku cesarean, inu wau i ka smoothies o nā hua i hui ʻia a me nā mea kanu ʻekolu mau manawa i ka lā: kiwi, kāloti, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, celery, etc.
Nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā kuʻuna
“Maikaʻi loa nā makuahine Kenyan. No ka laʻana, halihali lākou a pau i kā lākou mau keiki ma ke kua i ka kanga, ka lole kahiko, i kāhiko ʻia me nā ʻōlelo ʻōlelo Swahili. Mahalo i kēia, hiki iā lākou ke "multitasking": hoʻomoe i kā lākou pēpē a hoʻomākaukau i ka meaʻai i ka manawa like. “
"Ma Kenya, ʻaʻole mākou ʻiket ʻaʻole colic. Ke uē ka pēpē, ʻekolu mau kumu: he anu, pōloli a hiamoe paha. Uhi mākou iā ia, hānai a lawe iā ia i nā lima e hoʻoluliluli iā ia no nā hola. “
ʻO ka meaʻai kā mākou makemake. Wahi a koʻu ʻohana, pono e hānai ʻia nā keiki
lā a pau. ʻO nā makuahine nā mea hānai a pau a ma lalo o ke kaumaha nui. Hāʻawi mākou i ka waiū ma nā wahi a pau, a ke uē kā mākou pēpē, hiki i kahi malihini ke hele mai iā mākou e ʻōlelo: "Mama, hāʻawi i ka nyonyo i kēia poʻe ʻilihune, pololi ʻo ia!" He kuʻuna ko mākou
e nahu mua i ka meaʻai. Hiki koke mai, mai 6 mahina, hāʻawi ʻia lākou i nā meaʻai āpau ma ka papaʻaina. ʻAʻole mākou hoʻohana i ka pahi a i ʻole ka ʻōpala, hoʻohana mākou i nā lima a me nā keiki pū kekahi.
ʻO kaʻu mea e lili ai i nā makuahine ma Kenya ʻo nā paka kūlohelohe. Makemake nā keiki i nā safaris a ʻike maopopo ka poʻe ma ke kuaʻāina i nā holoholona: giraffes, rhinos, zebras, gazelles, liona, leopards… E ke kamaliʻi, ua aʻo ʻia lākou pehea e hana ai me lākou a wehewehe ʻia lākou i nā pōʻino. No lākou, ʻo nā holoholona "exotic" nā ʻīlio hae, nā alopeke a i ʻole nā squirrels! ”