Khensa Kalinaoui, (-539, -486) was a moneylender in Adulis.
Khensa believed in Berber religion.
She was doing well financially. She owned a house and some fine goods with it. She was rather respected though seen as belonging to the middle class. However, he could access to many opportunities. She was known to have a good technical knowledge of their job and some pieces of general knowledge. She could read and write a little bit. She was weak, and fell ill all the time. She was iron-willed, achieving any goal she set.
Khensa, 32 years old, drug dealer, became the new leader of a new branch of the family.
At the age of 40, Khensa needed more love in her life and began to flirt around. Khensa had a passionate affair with Aat, a beautiful woman, 32 years old, a vagabond. A little while after, Khensa rejected the family values. A few days later, Khensa fell in love with Kioko, a beautiful man, 34 years old, a ship captain. Both married and lived together from now on.
At the same time, Khensa got pregnant and gave birth to an adorable baby. However, the baby died in the following year by accidental drowning. The whole family was shaken.
Khensa was assaulted by a customer. As a consequence, she had to change her activity. After some time and some learning, she became moneylender.
Aged 53, Khensa looked for a child to adopt. Khensa found an adorable boy named Habtamu left alone. Habtamu became part of the family from now on. A few days later, Khensa gave money to the poor.
Khensa died of exhaustion after a normal day of work.