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在东非坦噶尼喀的北方山城莫希—阿鲁沙的公路上,赤道上和雪山乞力马扎罗山和另一座梅鲁山遥遥相对,两山之间展开了一片辽阔的金色草原。在公路两旁的大草原上,很少有被开垦的土地,偶尔能够见到一小块深褐色的土壤从莽莽的草丛中露出头来,这是当地瓦鲁夏人或者瓦米鲁人用锄头开垦出来的零星土地。早晨和傍晚,都能够见到一些扛着极简单的农具,如锄头或三齿耙的农民,走在公路上。也许还能见到瓦鲁夏族的农民赶着毛驴,驮着盛满水的葫芦,去浇灌他们那干渴的土地。阿鲁沙的一辆出租汽车的司机鲍尔汉尼是个穆斯林。他告诉我,他的父亲在阿鲁沙附近有一
On the road to Moshi-Arusha, a northern mountain fort in Tanganyika, East Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro on the equator and the snow-capped mountains face another Mount Meru, with a vast golden grassland stretching between the two mountains. On the prairies on both sides of the road, there is very little land to be reclaimed, occasionally to see a small, dark brown soil that emerges from the vast grassland, a hoe of the local Varus or Wamiru Reclaimed sporadic land. In the mornings and in the evening, some peasants carrying very simple implements, such as hoes or trident rakes, can be seen walking down the road. It may also be possible to see the Varussas peasants hurry up with donkeys and carry their gourd to fill their thirsty land. Powhanny, a taxi driver in Arusha, is a Muslim. He told me his father had one near Arusha