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Irene and Christian love each other and have been married for many years. To receive the blessing of Irene’s family, they travel to Tanzania.

When Irene Thadei Leony announced that she had fallen in love with a German, her Tanzanian family was shocked. Her friends were also convinced that the German had ulterior motives. Despite their…

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  1. I find Germans interesting. Unlike the British and French, they try to learn new cultures very quickly. If they want to live amongst the people, they accept their ways as best they can. Americans are 'knowitalls', they refuse to learn anything outside of themselves and try to direct others and 'correct' them as much as possible 😂. Germans fit in better in East Africa (and party animal Italians 😂) then all the rest.
    Just observations

  2. The husband found meaning in Africa and his African wife doesn't want to stay… this is sad!! You don't ask for her opinion, mate. She must follow your lead, no compromise needed. You're the head of the family

  3. Well that marriage will end soon! I mean, she found a 'way out' and he's trying to bring his trophy wife back to where she left.
    Just work between Germany and Tanzania. Many spouses do this, working in one place and having a home in another. She's clearly a housewife and prefers to live in Germany. End of story.

  4. I wasent anticipating this. Irene Thadei being more content in a nation with a extreme formalized and somewhat stuffy and stiff culture – Like Germany 😁 on top of that also becoming more and more far-right racist and bigotted

  5. Leaving in Tanzania in her village as the only rich woman their whiles others live in a very poor conditions will be very hard for Irene i un her point. Love has no bridge

  6. I think it is sad that she was born in Tanzania but no longer wants to live there even though she has a husband who does. Her husband has sheltered her from the far right racists in Germany and like most African born in Africa once they move abroad they think that every thing in Europe is superior to Africa. You have to look at the bigger picture. One of her daughters made a connection with one of the masi children and encourage her to sit near her. They have international schools in most African countries. I found that when I moved back to Nigeria at the age of 10 I was behind my peers as the education system was more advance. The children can always return to Germany for university if they want to however their daughters would benefit from connecting to their mothers land at that age as it would give them a sense of self and set them up for life. You can see the children love it. If had a white husband who want to move back to Nigeria I would pack my bags (after all he has a good job and she will have a good life style and see her mum more often).

  7. Cant blame these people how they think at western people. It has been long time how western people treated thier kind. Abuse, maltreatment, stealing thier natural resources, etc.

  8. I hope that they will settle in Tanzania for the upper-middle-class life that Christian desires. Tanzania seems to be a stable country. I'm sure that he sees the ascendancy of the far right in Europe, and Germany will not be immune to the reality of the AfD. I wish this family and their children a long life and happiness.