Tarehe 23 Novemba, 2017, nitaikumbuka daima. Kwanza, ilikuwa ni sikukuu ya "Thanksgiving" ambayo ni maarufu hapa Marekani.Jambo la pili liliofanya targhe 23 iwe muhimu kwangu ni kuwa jioni ya siku hiyo, katika kipindi maarufu cha televisheni kiitwacho "Jeopardy," kitabu changu kiitwacho Matengo Folktales kilitajwa. "Jeopardy" ni mchezo kama chemsha bongo. Watu hushindana kujibu masuali ambayo mwendesha kipindi huwauliza, na wanapotoa jibu sahihi hupata fedha. Suali lililoulizwa lilikuwa kuhusu mhusika katika hadithi.
Sasa zimepita siku tatu na bado watu wanaendelea kusimulia tukio hili. Ninaendelea kupata taarifa kutoka sehemu mbali mbali za Marekani. Hata hivi, sielewi ni nani aliyepeleka taarifa za kitabu changu kwenye kituo cha "Jeopardy." Unaweza kusikiliza katika video ya YouTube hapa chini. Ukisogeza video ukifikishe kwenye dakika 15:29 ndipo utasikia jina langu na jina la kitabu.
2 comments:
Such an honor Professor Mbele.....but so well deserved for your book which is so important and so wonderful , to find such great recognition this way. I am so happy for you. You are a special and wonderful teacher of Life..and of literature...I am blessed to know you. I am following your Light----with gratitude, Merri
Thank you, Merri, for your kind remarks. Honestly, despite the many years I have lived in the USA, I did not know how famous the Jeopardy show is, at least among Americans. Now, however, in the wake of my appearance on that show, I know, because of all the excitement I am witnessing. The news is widely disseminated, by word of mouth and online, such as on the Facebook pages of St. Olaf College and a consortium known as Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL). Still, I have no clue how information about me and my book reached the Jeopardy people.
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