Get well soon to my Gambian mum.

I am lucky enough to have been adopted by Musa's family. This means I have a Gambian family who look out for me and the chippie while we are in their country. Gambian children adopt the tribe of their mother so I am a member of the Mandika tribe. On my last trip I made a concerted effort to learn my tribes language but it is really difficult. One word in Mandika can have seven different meanings and one sentence can be interpruted a number of different ways. Still, I bought the books, the language CD's and the dictionary and I am determined to be a little better by my next trip at the end of this year! 

I speak to Musa one way or another usually about once a week, be that by facebook, text or phonecall. Last week I found out that his mum, my adopted mum, is not very well at all. They cannot get her to the hospital in the city, the 'local' doctor cannot treat her so she has gone to the villages to see the native doctor. The language barrier means this is an much as I know but apparently she is starting to make a recovery so here is my public 'Get Well Soon'!