September 10, 2007
People of the Kilombero Valley
PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY
A day on safari in the Kilombero valley
Wandamba means ‘’people of the valley’’, indicative of this tribe’s long relationship with it’s homeland, Kilombero valley. Fishing is the primary occupation , and it is the calls of the fishermen returning from a night on the river which rouse me from my slumber. ‘’The catch is in’’ explains Steve our safari cook, looking quite excited, ‘’let us go and choose lunch!’’
It’s still quite early, the air is cool and fresh outside my tent. I stroll over to join the cook, avoiding the mounds of fresh Elephant dung that scatter the path. Down at the river bank there is a hive of activity of fishermen clean and sort their catch, filing the baskets woven out of banana leaves. The women take over, carrying the baskets on their heads up into the village, where the fish will be smoked in the special huts. The children are keen to get involved too helping out where they can. A large fish, Nile Perch. I am informed, is at the centre […]
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