There’s something about the touch of a child’s hand in your hand. The gentle embrace of a life so new and fragile. We arrived on the riverbank of the Malombo village by boat and the faces of the children and grandchildren of the families in the village were the first…
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…
At this year’s get-together with our greater Relais & Châteaux Africa and Indian Ocean family, we as Royal Chundu were given a chance to share our “best practice” – which for us is and always will be: Community. Below are our Royal Chundu rules when it comes to that special…
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The message for much of the recent part of Africa’s history has been that local is not good enough and that anything across the pond is right and proper. The unravelling and debunking of this notion doesn’t happen overnight. It happens through independence, through opportunity, through empowerment and education. And…
Our home on the Zambezi is built on the spirit of the extended family. It is strengthened by the bond of community. In the villages alongside us, and all over Zambia, this spirit often sees grandmothers or siblings taking on roles as mothers to young ones, helping where needed, where…
