There’s a line in the song, Mortal Man, by Jeremy Loops, a South African musician. “If you make it with your hands / You will better understand / So keep your feet out / To the calling.” It struck us that that’s just what our Homeschool has given us and many of…
Royal Chundu Homeschool ~ Tina’s Terrific Tablescapes
The Fabulousness of Tina’s Globally-inspired, often Chitenge-infused Tablescapes ~ fit for any occasion, no matter how grand or small. Here is our guide to creating your own table-settings ~ for Lesson 17 in the Royal Chundu Homeschool! Here are a few more Tablesetting Designs to inspire you, including a Mother’s…
The Importance of Hand-weaving for the Community & Environment
The Royal Chundu Homeschool Lesson #22 We are realising, more and more, as a global society, the importance and urgency of turning toward organic and sustainable lifestyles and eschewing carbon-heavy, non-biodegradable activities and products, such as plastic. Very often, ironically, these more sustainable ways of living, producing and consuming can…
What I remember first is the warm voice of Brinah and the shaking of hands with Godwill, the Royal Chundu car picking me up and carrying us off to the market. I remember the words: Tina has organised something special for you. The scenes out the window as we arrived…
The Chitenge Outside her house, Edith wraps the bright cloth around her body, tucking in the edges of the patterned wrap tightly under her arm. With young children following after her, chicken at her feet, she heads down the dirt path toward the river. She walks slowly and with the…
“Essentially what photography is is life lit up.” — Sam Abell Photography is purpose and storytelling, it is celebration and conservation. It is so much more than a camera and a subject. We’ve felt the way it has transformed us on the Zambezi – how it has made us look around…