Meme Mahangu

This title requires a short explanation. Meme Mahangu is my nickname here in Namibia. We were discussing what my "african" name should be and the boys kept saying food and I didn't like that but somehow this stuck. This is actually the brand name of mahangu that people buy in the stores. Mahangu is a plant that is similar to corn that grows in Namibia. You take the heads off the stalks and pound the seeds into smal grain and powder. This is used to make Oshukundu and mahangu porridge. (they are mentioned more in the other pictures from the North). Pounding mahangu is not fun but of course I wanted to pitch in, fully earning my Meme Mahangu name. By the way, Meme is like saying miss, it is a polite way to refer to a woman, married or not. So I gave it a go. Peter also had to show me the correct way to do it. Often two people pound together which is what Suama and I tried to do with interesting results. It was quite a lot of fun but I am not sure that we got much real pounding done. And everyone had to come out and watch me do it!