8th Day

We have just come back from a long walk and mini bus journeys. We were going to an orphanage centre where we were going to learn some basic traditionally Tumbuka dances. Along the way we walked along the railway and passed through the slums which reminded me of 'Slum Dog Millionaire'. We were allowed to video the slums, one lady who makes her own beer let us in to see how the local beer is made. For me the whole place was a culture shock, sounds funny me being raised from this side of africa. A lot of drunk men on a wednesday daytime which I found very intimidating and very intense. One guy didn't want to be filmed and was quite aggressive about it and the other guy is calming him down. We walked through the slums, each house has its own business selling dried fish, charcoal, mice. There was an uncomfortable smell of the drains, Hussein told me some of the dancers live in the slums. We interviewed the lady who makes the beer and we managed to interview one guy who has passion for music. He did a rap song on camera which talked about don't rush to have a girlfriend as you need to wait for the one who is going to be a mother. Basically my understanding of that is don't just go with anyone and catch AIDS, be patient and it will happen for the better. We got out of the slums and we went to the orphanage, in my understanding the whole teaching and the kids being there was not well planned and because Hussein was late. We managed to meet Hussein's wife and she is supposed to be an amazing dancer, she speaks Shona, she is from Zimbabwe. After all couldn't manage to learn some dances, all the kids had gone to watch football, so we are going to do it on friday. Tomorrow we've booked a place called The Warehouse with Hussein, 3 more dancers and a drummer where they are going to teach me some dances, (Muganda).