02 July 2011

Day 66

HAPPY BELATED CANADA DAY!

Don't know who the random girl is in the background...
What better way to celebrate the independence of our beautiful nation than with a bunch of crazy college students from Canada at a goodbye party for Sophie. We walked into the compound of CIDA's senior analyst in Tanzania thinking that we were going to a Canada Day celebration, but boy were we wrong. The 12 of us were the only ones dressed up in any form of Canadian-themed attire, complete with flag capes and tattoos on our foreheads. Rather than a "Canada Day get together" as it was described, it turned out to be a going away party for a very lovely family.


Before the party, J & J and I stopped by L's open mic, where he performed an act based on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. We were also pleasantly surprised to watch performances by Tanzania's up and coming rap and hip-hop artists. Almost better than watching the performers was watching the audience. The kids knew some of the songs and I was so happy to see some of them get so into it. Especially Mama B, who was dancing and fist pumping like nobody's business!

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