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I don’t understand Kiswahili - Victoria Kimani
She made this statement after some insults were levelled at her in Kiswahili.
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“Lazima ni baraka za Mungu kwamba sielewi Kiswahili kwa sababu sitawahi kuelewa zile chuki huelekezwa kwangu..... Haha ..Endeleeni kuongea, sioni, siskii, Wala sielewi neno, ni herufi tuu. Like a stamp of Gods protection over my heart, soul and mind,” read a post on her Instagram.
Though the post appeared in Swahili, Victoria disclosed that she had someone write it up for her a she can barely communicate in the local dialect.
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In a past interview, Victoria revealed that reason why she cannot speak Kiswahili is that she grew up in the USA and relocated to Kenya at 16.
“I was born in the US, as the last born in a family of three. My parents were preachers in the US, they still are….I grew up in the US and I first came to Kenya when I was 16. But I went back to the US after staying here for about two years. I can understand a bit of it but cannot speak,” she told The Nation.
Accept her
Victoria had earlier revealed that she had tried learning Kiswahili but became demotivated as people mocked her for struggling with it. She went on to tell fans that she will not go to ‘Gumbaro’ school simply because of their taunts, they should learn to accept her with her poor Swahili.
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“Napenda sana, Tanzania na Afrika Mashariki kwa jumla. Lakini inakera sana wakati baadhi ya watu wanadhania kuwa, sizungumzi lugha ya kiswahili kwa kupenda kwangu, ama kwa sababu nimekataa kujaribu nijue..... Ukweli ni, hata wakati ninapoweka bidii na kujaribu kwa kadri yangu, wengi wananicheka kwa matamshi mabovu, wananihukumu na kunipiga mkwara kwa kukosa uzoefu wa Swahili, wakati wao walizaliwa uswahilini.
Nimejieleza Mara kwa Mara kwa zaidi ya miaka 6, lakini kwa wengine bado.
Naomba niulize... Je, mbona hawaulizwi wasanii wa USA na sehemu zingine sababu za kukosa kuongea Swahili?
Ni muziki zao muna enjoy... bila maswali. Wengine hupata raha wenzao wanapopata tabu!
La Kwanza, sijui Kiswahili, ninapojaribu, pia bado ni mbaya , matamshi mabovu, na kunifanya bonzo wa kuchekelea! Nishaawahi kuja kazini kwako nikikuambia la kusema au kufanya?
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Uzoefu wako wa kuongea kiingereza na matamshi yanapokua mabovu? - sijakukosoa. Kwa kweli mambo kama haya yananifanya nisiwe na nia lugha yeyote- ila Kizungu! Unapopenda mziki yangu, unaipenda, kama huipendi, huipendi.
Lakini sita anza gumbaru ya swahili sababu yako wewe!” read her post.
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