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Heavy responsibilities for elder aunt among the Logooli

With Seenge Fonesi. She is the elder grand daughter of Isagi and elder daughter of Amugasya. She is often present in functions involving the family of Amugasya. Pic taken on 18/4/2024. The elder sister soon becomes the elder aunt. It is this “seenge munene” (elder aunt) tag that she is tied to many cultural responsibilities – back home. To her marital family she may appear as any other woman, but she is not so in the eyes of her people. Marriage does not steal her away as it would happen with other daughters of the old man. To her, as days go and the old man and woman of the estate are dependents, she becomes increasingly present.  Her brothers also need her for almost all traditional markings. They are marrying, she needs to welcome the new wife. They are giving birth, she needs to come to midwife or “bless” the new born. They are paying dowry she needs to lead the women delegate. There is a conflict she needs to come for a hearing.  And many others. Traditions does not expect her to
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A book title lie

Before book titles lure us into reading recently bought books to earlier ones there is a major reason as to why I opt a book over another. To me a book should be a continuation of a previous interest. If I read something interesting in a previous book e.g Myths, legends or beliefs, I would go for a book not far from that. It happens also that when you want to break from a novel kind monotony you may opt for poems or research kind books. What would keep you undistracted is whether you read the previous book heartily to reread comments and suggest a best comment for the book. In short, did the book leave a hangover in you?

The book I took last week had a wonderful title and epilogue. I started reading with an anticipation of enlightment over a period in time when I din’t exist. It could make any non-reader admire. With that propulsion, I went past half just to realise the story lacked a head and a body hence no predictable end. It works well when a book can be predicted. It keeps a reader anxious. But this went on, bringing about characters passively and least building them. It started suffocating me.

Books have a healing effect as good as they can torment. At a point I have had the thought that books should be read with a certain level of mentality that can be achieved through intensive reading. One challenging book can drive a reader crazy. To quote one book as the end of a thought fails one as shallow. If you read a sickening book when bugs are just securing a habitat in your body they will definately conquer the lymphocytes.

We read books with intrinsic attitude of being entertained, informed, challenged, enlightened, taken on adventure and prepared for an experience that could only be related to one in a book. And in doing this a writer who plays his game high has to be original in style and other literary citings. We may have read so much that some words are but cliches. Expressing the stem of the story as sweetly as possible makes one an advanced writer, from my reader’s side of view.

Everyone likes suspense- intelligent suspense. A chase or drama is cool. A find out of something contradictory is even more informing. Well fictioned works score well moreso if lined to some real happenings. And a writer who informs on a certain field of expertise does all-round work. A dislike to an author who uses a great title for a shallow book. A dislike to an author who is in writing for bussiness. A like to an author whose title is the book from start to end. A like to a good book whose title was not as luring.

You however do not start a book with an attitude. What you thought unmoving can be someone else’s master piece. With that I have always tried hard to move on with a book, taking pauses when I chock. I have had the fear that if I left a book at its middle then I should cease to be a reader. He who choses a jembe is not a farmer. It would also create a habit of leaving many books unfinished. It is good to struggle with it and deduct the writer accolades. 

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