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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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Isa yamwamira Anzigare na Makanu mwigendinyama

My soul mate here, Mr Chahilu gave me a few words of wisdom in today's fellowship worth sharing here. We came to the proverb, 'Isa yamwamira Anzigare na Makanu mwigendinyama'. Anzigare is the dense in mind. Makanu is the opinionated. The talk was on human nature, how sometimes moral indebts do not reflect rationality of reason. That people sometimes do things for the conscience sake. Not because it scores in the long run. We talked also on the dynamics of community projects him having been frontiers to early Harambee Schools. Yes, you will meet all sorts of people, he says. It needs a humorous mind to sway through. Or else you go back to the house not knowing whether to cry or laugh. Like Monalisa? Just enigmatic, he closes it.

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