“Cheena”

When I am alone, my nationality becomes a publicly (though not by me) enjoyed guessing game. Most often, surprisingly, they get my ethnic roots right: Chinese. The local word for that is “china” or “mchina” (which in Kiswahili means one chinese, wacheena means plural chinese). So I get calls of that along with some mzungu calls. Although, when you are alone, it seems like they know you’ve been around town for long enough (so that you are not scared to go out alone), and stop harrassing you that much.

Other guesses include Japanese, Indian, Mexican, Peruvian, Korean, Philipino, and others that I didn’t understand, hear, or have forgotten.