| Host Family November
23, 2000: My host family is just one woman--Ancha. She is awesome.She has a
beautiful house--an enclosed compound--and she locks us in every night. I have a separate
living quarters--I just happened to get lucky. So we aren't living on top of one another
and I don't feel like I can't get away.
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With Ancha, my host mother. December 25,
2000. |
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Ancha's birthday is Christmas day. I baked a
birthday cake for her. She wanted a picture of her taking a bite, but for some reason she
had others holding the fork with her. A Mozambican custom. This is on her veranda -- the
front porch of the house. She has a really nice vine growing to shade it. |
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Left to right: Anna, Ancha, Roseanna. I love
Ancha's outfit here. Her shoes are gorgeous!
Mozambican people rarely smile in pictures like Americans do. Hence, the failure to
seem enthused about having a picture taken. However, they LOVE having their pictures
taken. Truly adore it.
Note the red panties hanging on the clothesline in the background. |
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Left to right: Anna, me, Roseanna. I think
Roseanna is gorgeous!
We're inside the compound. You can see the wall in the background. To the left is the
quarters where I slept. The right is the bathroom and shower. The line above our heads is
the electricity power line. |
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