TWENDE TWENDE LAMU
TWENDE TWENDE LAMU (pronounced too-wen-deh ) For The Kenyan Child;YOUR Story. In Lamu, I learnt beauty. Hi. My name is Kimu and I am 5 years old. I am an African girl, born in Kenya, and my name is Swahili. Today I am very, very excited. My Ma woke me up very very early, which is okay because we are going somewhere special. It is still dark. The clock says 5:30am. I get dressed, eat breakfast and enter the car. We are going on a journey. Baba, Ma and I. Ma says we need to be at the airport by 7am. Dad says, “ Twende Twende ”. That’s Kiswahili for, let’s go, let’s go. Baba is always in a hurry. At the airport, we put our bags through a machine, and we are also supposed to go through the machine. This machine beeps if you have anything in your pockets that you’re not supposed to have, like metal. Baba removes his belt, Ma removes her jewelry; so I remove my plastic watch. “No, funny bunny,” Ma says, laughing, “plastic does not make the machine beep.” “ Twende Twende ,” Baba calls. Alwa