It’s evening and Kahawa Tungu is full of customers watching the sun go down over the ocean. It is one of those evenings when nothing can possibly go wrong, unless the devil himself invades. Not when we have wazee (old men) around, and you know what sages say about palipo wazee (where old men are gathered); nothing goes wrong! Just then, grumpy Saad strolls in and settles at the corner. And like a child who has been refused his favourite toy, sulks. His head is hung low and he looks like he is just about to cry. I pour him a cup of kahawa tungu and the sagacious old men at the place encourage him to open up. “Toa Donge lako ba’ mdogo (unburden your heart young man),” they advise. “That is the only way to release stress, otherwise you will die from pressure. Besides, we are all men so you have nothing to fear,” he is cajoled to speak up. Saad considers the offer and starts to pour his heart out. “I am suffering!” he abruptly announces. Everyone is stunned, wondering whether something horrid has happened to his lovely wife. “My wife denies me my conjugal rights. No matter how much I try to seduce her. She looks as though she might, but then denies me and faces the wall before warning that I should not disturb her. It’s driving me crazy,” he said.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 04:50:03 +0000
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