| death in Tanzania |
 death in Tanzania
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Jul. 27th, 2007 @ 05:52 pm 
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I was sitting in the staff office grading homework when one of the teachers looks over my shoulder to admire my grade book (I'm an organization freak). And see one name with a lot of blanks spaces where grades should be.
"That student died last month while you were traveling." He says this in the same exact manner one talks about the weather or farming here. It shook me a little bit. I barely knew the student because he had been absent 4 out of the 5 months for the first term. I knew he was sick a lot and that is why he was not present but I had no idea. I have yet to be to a funeral here in Tanzania, but I have had many conversations with Tanzanians about death. It's treated with more practically here. "Pole sana, Mungu Atakusaidia(So sorry, God will help you)" is the standard response. Not to say Tanzanians do not mourn because they do intensely..... but when death is seen everyday one can not stop their life completely the way so American can. |
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