Nitwa Jeanníe.

July 7, 2008

Just as I was drifting—finally, finally—to sleep last night, “nitwa” popped into my head.

I thought, “What?! Is that even Kinyarwandan?”

So this afternoon, I asked Julius if “nitwa” means anything. He smiled and said that I am learning Kinyarwandan. I asked what the word means, and it means “I am called.”

Combine that with my name here, Jeanníe: Nitwa Jeanníe (NEET wa zhen EE). I am called Jen.