Celebrated Tanzanian artist Bahati Bukuku has reminisced on being forced to carry her child's corpse via a public bus known as daladala.
The 'Waraka Wa Amani' hit maker lost her child after suffering multiple miscarriages which finally broke her marriage.
Speaking during an interview with Upendo Media she said
" After I gave birth my child died after being hospitalized for a while.I tried calling my now ex-husband but he wouldn't pick up my calls."
Bahati says the doctors were pressuring her to clear the bill before allowing her to pick up her child's corpse.
"The bill was more than Tsh1 million
I did not have the cash to clear the bill so I told the doctor to either give me my baby's corpse or bury it himself."
Before then the artist had prayed and asked God to intervene, which he did.
She was given her baby's remains but she had no way to take them home.
"I transported my child's corpse with a daladala.
The corpse was carried by some women who had come to console me while I went in a different car.
I was still confused at the time so the women just wrapped the baby as if it was just sleeping."
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