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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 venue for a Library at Chamakanga

Today. Mzee Henry Bulungu, Edward Mbelesia and Lung'afa met at Chamakanga to discuss a potential Saniaga Library venue. 

Mr. Bulungu highlighted the challenges he had gone through before trying to establish a resource centre at Ikovero. The church/koyani identities were at conflict with 'others'. We therefore talked large on the need to base a resource centre come library in the hands of Saniaga. For patronising, ownership and sustainability. 

After the talk, we identified two places - near Chief's office and up at PAG -Chamakanga. The picture above is of the building up. Which the centre door is the one that was dedicated to be of S-CBO Library.

 A Saniaga place.... 

We shall therefore be coming to you for the simple support of stabilising it just as we did for Wangulu one. And as we shall be doing to the libraries upcoming at Gisambai and Gamalenga. We got to accomplish those this year and scale up in the next.

 - With Thanks

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