BAUCHA is my nickname
My nickname, which I got before I was born, ist BAUCHA.
First of all, I was a small, active "rascal" who kicked my mother so much during her pregnancy. From the very beginning, she said: This little one must be a boy and maybe later a football player. How right she was!
At that time, my father as the Regional Commissionar for the entire Southern Region, was responsible for handing over salary vouchers to the people in Makunduchi as well.
The people of Makunduchi could not pronounce the word "voucher" properly. They allways said "boucher".
Whenever they saw the belly of my mother, while she was pregnant with me, they allways said to her: "Look - there is a small boucher inside."
Later, after my mother gave birth to me, then my nickname became BAUCHA.
I still bear that name up to this day.

[This picture was taken opposit Gulioni Primary School, when I was round about 12 years old - The bridge, where I stand, is still existing up to day]
![[Me with five years old after shifting to Stonetown]](/wp-content/uploads/go-x/u/a4eda434-a2cd-4afd-90b6-d4ea62802e1b/l0,t148,w875,h656/image-455x341.jpg)
![[In my early 20ties in Zanzibar]](/wp-content/uploads/go-x/u/756d909b-b276-4110-93cf-03f5a3a28a09/l0,t0,w1388,h1041/image-455x341.jpg)
![[In Makunduchi 2024]](/wp-content/uploads/go-x/u/f7a3f4fe-0b42-4def-ab92-1d0b3d6d2a9a/l73,t0,w1608,h1206/image-455x341.jpg)