Your subscription is almost coming to an end. Your premium access has ended, but the best of Nation. Africa is still within reach. Renew now to unlock exclusive stories and in-depth features. Subscribe for a month to get full access. At the age of 22, the university student has explored the most scenic parts of the country. That is far from the truth. For young college students studying in Dar es Salaam, keeping up with the city life at times proves too hefty a burden for them to carry, they therefore resort to the aid of wealthy men.
This, however, comes at a cost. These young girls lavish the older men with their looks and sexual appeal while he indulges them with luxuries. They want to sleep with us. In return they are willing to give us anything we ask for. These men, who more often than not fall prey to strategic traps set for them by women on the loop, at times are married with families of their own. The relationship therefore is covert, lest they risk losing everything once things are put out in the open.
Moral judgement has no place in such relationships. Her journey into such a lifestyle dates back 3 years ago after she came to Dar es Salaam to pursue a university degree. This served as a short-term respite from the ocean of worries that Aida was swimming in without any life jacket.
Her break would come after she was invited to be a member of an exclusive Whatsapp group of female students at the college. Though the purpose of the group was intended to discuss college affairs, Aida would soon find out that that was just a cover up from something that defied all codes of decorum or expected student behavior. The Whatsapp group was used as a platform for female university students to get connections to wealthy men. Aida managed to find herself a man whom she suspects was not a day younger than We dated for about a year.
However, the relationship came to a sudden stop after the sponsor set his eyes on another student at the same university. Aida, who was then in her second year, encountered some family problems so she had to go back to Arusha. She decided to postpone her studies, planning to resume once everything was settled back at home. Upon her return to the city, Aida decided university life was not for her. Having saved Sh1,, from her one year fling, she decided to open up an online store where she sells second-hand lingerie.
