Feeding the nation
Mama soko, as I called her, is playing a significant role in contributing towards the economic growth of her country by selling small scale agricultural produce at Mwananyamala market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She stays near the market and is therefore able to get to the market early enough to buy the best vegetables brought by farmers from outside Dar es Salaam. To attract customers she maintains a high degree of neatness because in Dar es Salaam many people are particular about dressing. “Would you buy anything from me if you found me dirty?” she paused.
Surely Teuzi, tomatoes are not food. I you are given a plate of tomatoes for supper would you really sleep? Probably you could have called them ingredients that spice up our lives, What do you think?
ReplyDeleteBeing a lady you should know better than me. Before coming to Dar es Salaam I used to find tomatoes on a plate as something to be eaten. Simple logic informs me that any edible is food. (well, if you have discovered, I am just blabbering a clear sign that I am not so sure whether it is food or, oh yes, may be a fruit)
ReplyDeleteIndeed this is an ideal woman who wakes up early in the morning so that by the end of the day the family can feed.She knows that to get customers her produce must be attractive.I hope she gets respect and appreciation from her man in case she has one.If she doesn't have,then men are truly blind.
ReplyDeleteWell said Ann.Had men eyes no single woman would go out toiling and toiling. Thank God I am one of the few men who are not blind (well, I am not blowing my own trumpet, but from the simplest act of taking her photograph meant I recognized and appreciated her beauty and duty. Big up all women around the globe).
ReplyDeleteThanks Khamisi for having the eyes and heart to appreciate the toil of women!
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