Colonial Past
Smoke That Thunders
Smoke That Thunders
When everything is predicable and safe, where’s the fun in that?
My first ride on a train was in an empty boxcar of a grain freighter.
It was a disaster.
For 60% of southern Africans, traditional medicine is the only treatment available.
In every field of endeavour there is an expert.
When one Zulu meets another he will ask; Inkaba yakho iphi?, literally “where is your navel?”
Click on any Zulu for details…
Mphiwa lost two great grandfathers in the Anglo-Zulu conflict.
The custom of negotiating lobolo, (a bride-price), seems like a tradition worthy of consideration in the western world.
“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is arguably the most popular South African song of all time.
Click, carefully, on the Lion.
I came away from the experience with the sense that, despite the difficult reality of living in Africa, there is a wholesomeness to life here.