23/02/2024
I grew up during a time when everyone treated each other like Family.
We went outside to play, we got dirty.... We bought balloon za kuwin number lol.
We played mkebe, brikicho, bladder, three sticks, Kalongo, bano, gwash, shake, ludo, roundas ,kamare and Futa.
We ate mapera, mabuyu, sukari ngutu, kashata, ice za bob, goody goody, koo, chipo mwitu na pasua not forgetting MUTURA LOL!!
We often played barefooted! We went hunting with feyaa and chuvyu, We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
If you fell down you would just get back up, and didn't tell our parents what happened!
We challenged each other everywhere. If someone had a fight, that's what it was...a fight. Kids weren't afraid of fake guns when I grew up.
We left our houses as soon as we could in the morning and right after school till our neighbors would yell out for their children as a reminder to get in the house for the night.
If one kid was called for dinner then we all knew to go home. We rode our bikes, without helmets, through the alleys to secret places and sat around telling ghost stories.
We even went swimming (Dufo mpararo) together, we took care of one another; we treated each other fair, there was no favoritism. We had fun. We watched our mouths around our elders because we knew If we DISRESPECTED any adult there would be a price to pay and we had manners and respect otherwise someone else's parents put you in your place.
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