But in my beloved home district of Karonga, Chilumba city, and my overall area of "the jetty," within the general village of Chifyu, though more specifically my area within Chifyu, Dambiro (yeah, took me about a hundred years to understand where the hell I live let alone explain it to others.)
I'm known as the following:
Emily
Emmie
Annie
Emma
Ilana (my Peace Corps predecessor)
Naomi (also my predecessor)
Chikwegza (my village name--my land lady and essentially my village mother's surname.)
And most popularly of course, AZUNGU often followed by "give me peanut butter!"
Depending on my mood and perspective I find this lightheartedly delightful, or disheartening that people still don't "know" me. Either way, whenever I'm not being called azungu, my heart strings are tugged just a little by the knowledge that people are trying.
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