In Swahili, Hour One Is Seven o'Clock — Epoche A1
Hour One: Halima in Mombasa Halima is 52. She sells fish near the old harbour in Mombasa, Kenya. What time do you start? Saa moja. In Swahili that is “hour one”. Your clock says seven in the morning. Why hour one? Here the day starts with the sun. The sun comes up at about six, and after that comes hour one, hour two, hour three. So how do I read your time? Add six. My hour one is your seven. My saa nane is eight and six: two in the afternoon. That is when my fish is finished.