My name is also Okanti, which means "mongoose" in the Ovambo language, one of the Namibian tribe. It can seem like a strange idea to call your daughter Mongoose, even if the word "Okanti' sound nice. It is, never the less the beginning of my story.
I speak to them with my mind, through my eyes, my heart, or my soul. I see that they understand and answer me.
People who ask me " Tippi ? Like an indian teepee ? ", should open their dictionary : mine is spelt with a double P. My parents named me after the american actress Tippi Hedren. She used to play in " the Birds ", a frightening Alfred Hitchcock movie.