2nd Day

Finally met up with Violet and Hussein. Hussein is the guy who is taking me around and today we started by going to the museum. The museum is unbelievable basic, but I've learnt more than I learnt at school. In the museum there was the history from the stone age to present and somehow along the lines in that museum, Nyau "Gule Wamkulu" is put on the line of evolution. The way all the other tools and history that were shown, equalled- these people use such things (Gule Wamkulu). In other words, they were saying from stone age to present the Chewa people were in the evolution. We went to see some arts centres, for me they are really beautiful theatres. They are outdoor ones. For you to understand this is nothing like an theatre in England. It's very raw and it has own spirit. Talking to Hussein, he is an artist on his own, he is a choreographer, traditional dancer and a musician. His company does very well, it does a lot touring across the world and I'm very lucky that he knows most of his Malawian history and he knows where to go, what to see. We did a four day schedule to intereview Gule people and the female side of it. We've decided to intereview some of the different tribes, like the Tumbuka people. These people we are going ot find them in Mowa village.Hopefully I am going to be able to participate in some of these traditional dances these tribes do.

1st Day in Malawi

Very excited to meet the people who are going to be taking me around, nowhere to be found as of yet. Luggage didn't pitch up, maybe in Johannesburg, it's got all my cables for my camera to start filming tomorrow and all my clothes. The hotel no electricity and very expensive. I had to pay £2 an hour for internet. Haven't been home in a long time, this place just reminds me of home but it's a version of Zimbabwe old times, always is a back to reality card and I'm very appreciative of the strong culture they have. Tomorrow I am hoping the people who is taking me around are coming. The staff at the Lodge are fantastic, being treated well.