DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 25 -- BONZO is 40 years old today. He is going through his daily morning routine before going to work.

As he stares in the mirror to make sure, he is nicely spruced up, he is taken aback by the face that is staring directly at him. He moves closer to the mirror and notices the grey in his beard and in his hair.

He moves closer again to make sure but his belly hits the sink beneath the mirror – meaning he has acquired a pot belly without noticing. Has he aged that much to have a pot belly or is he simply enjoying life?

Or perhaps it is the excitement from the salary increment he got recently, or it could be the joy of being in love with Tiny, the lady he met recently and the one he thinks is wife material. As h...