I was invited to a wedding in Abel’s Village, just north of the village where I lived (Kantende), because this was a wedding of bashikulu’s (grandfather) son. This video is the singing during the wedding. This is the groom’s second wedding so it’s toned down a bit, and this is deep in the bush so it’s also a poor wedding.
July 3, 2006 a large fire was set by a maize thief and gusty south winds blew the fire up into a firestorm on the southern edge of the village I lived in (Kantende). There was a house in the fire’s path and, as it turns out, the occupants were home as the fire approached. You can here my stupid voice as us bystanders thought the thatch roof would catch fire… why it did not, I’ll never…
Easter Vigil April 15, 2006: That night I was riding in the truck with the priest (Peter Mobe) from a local mission, coming back from Fungulwe. In the back of the truck, hitching rides home, were member’s of his parish out-post. They were singing Catholic Easter songs in the dark, and I captured this one… I love this song.
