wazungu

Upon noting my lack of success, I stood up and turned around to notice, quite unexpectedly, that I was the subject of some curiosity by the Hadza women and children, no doubt wondering what the crazy "wazungu" white man/stranger - my Swahili wasn't too good at the time - I used the plural when I should have used the singular "mzungu" was doing crawling through the grass!

Archive 2007-06-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007

Upon noting my lack of success, I stood up and turned around to notice, quite unexpectedly, that I was the subject of some curiosity by the Hadza women and children, no doubt wondering what the crazy "wazungu" white man/stranger - my Swahili wasn't too good at the time - I used the plural when I should have used the singular "mzungu" was doing crawling through the grass!

Hadza Diary Christopher O'Brien 2007

While in town Saturday, I managed to find a TERRIFIC little grocery store that is not a 'wazungu' palace wazungu means 'white people'.

Archive 2005-10-01 2005

While in town Saturday, I managed to find a TERRIFIC little grocery store that is not a 'wazungu' palace wazungu means 'white people'.

unrelated series of events 2005

Next to her was a tired looking father, a little nervous and very confused at the constant train of wazungu trickling in and out of the hospital to look at one otherwise not unique child.

Archive 2009-05-01 KateG 2009

Next to her was a tired looking father, a little nervous and very confused at the constant train of wazungu trickling in and out of the hospital to look at one otherwise not unique child.

3 Blogs in 1: Lucky You! KateG 2009

Yesterday, in Morogoro they dropped our busload of wazungu (white people) off at this small Westernized grocery store.

Archive 2008-08-01 KateG 2008

Aidha wapo wazungu wengine ambao hawafanyi Peace Corps lakini tumefahamiana sana.

mbona kitu kigumu sana jen 2008

I am always shocked when I visit Unguja and see wazungu tourists walking around in SHORT shorts and tanktops – pretty damned offensive to the people whose island they are visiting.

welcome to 2008... jen 2008

We met some interesting Zambians and Burundians and even other wazungu travellers, and stopped every few hours - including during the night - to exchange passengers and to load more dagaa (sardines) onto the ferry.

Mgambo to Kasanga: MV Liemba ferry / 31 hrs jen 2008