While at the school he also underwent the Zanaki tooth filing ritual to have his upper-front teeth sharpened into triangular points. It may have been at this point that he took up smoking, a habit he retained for several decades
Ali ku sukuluyi adachitanso mwambo wa Zanaki wosula mano kuti mano ake akutsogolo akhale osongoka. N’kutheka pa nthawiyi ndi pamene anayamba kusuta fodya, chizolowezi chimene anakhala nacho kwa zaka zambiri.