Language reveals so much about a country, about what it values most and least. It is a window to the unwritten laws of the land and its people. The traditional proverbs of Zambia, in particular the area around our setting on the upper Zambezi, give you an idea of the spirit of the local people you…
Tell me that you too can never sleep on the last night of a holiday. Tell me that you also stay up thinking about all the things that have been and all the things that could still be. Because while it may seem like a burden, it’s surely the only…
Whoever said that long distance relationships don’t work never fell in love with the African skimmers of the Zambezi River. Perhaps it’s easier with birds, though… The skimmers arrive around the month of July, in the dry season, when little sandbanks peak out of the great river and call the migrants home. Here…
“Many are the strange chances of the world,” said Mithrandir in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. Strange chances… those unexpected moments that make the earth feel shaky underfoot, as your body and mind try to readjust to what lies before them. In wild spaces like the banks of our Zambezi you live with this feeling, the…
Some of us don’t need to be reminded to slow down, to take it easy… some of us have procrastination and idleness down to a T. Cats, for instance. They are connoisseurs of this trait. It’s something they practice daily, along with the art of staring out of windows – an…
“Hobbies are for pleasure, but rituals keep you going.” ― David Mitchell The annual Parrotfish Run on the Zambezi is about more than fishing. Taking place between June and August, it is more than a hobby for those who take part – that is, the local fishermen living on the banks of this…
