Bushbabies and Bananas

 Happy World Elephant Day! Sr Rodolfo Cumbane, from the Maputo Special Reserve, came to talk to the kids from Mapanga and Nhonguane Schools, to explain why the elephants, and nature, are important. Clap hands! Much appreciated.  Thankyou Rodolfo, and anytime you are in the area, shout!  I will happily come drink a beer. Another kindred spirit! Rodolfo in action Innocence, a Ranger

Fat Cat! You sit atop your pile of gold       of broken dreams             and promises sold Don’t you know that it’s lethal       the power that you hold? Did you forget Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu    or how it feels to be hungry? Fat Cat!   Get out of the concrete jungle         take off your shoes go sit under a baobab with your spine against its trunk    and wait to connect with the wisdom of the Earth that sustains us Can’t you hear Mother Africa weeping for her lost children and animals    for her polluted streams and oceans         doesn’t She sing in your blood anymore              don’t you know its together we stand          ...