But the Africa of your dreams was in Kezi, an hour's drive from
Bulawayo. This is Aunt Jennifer's kraal, or compound. One house for
cooking, one house for sleeping, one house for storage, one house for
brewing beer. I have a wonderful portrait of Aunt Jennifer, but I will
save that for another time. Today, we can look at her home, and see how
quiet and still it is. Notice the bare earth, ye drought-stricken
Californians. No lawn, no flowers, only the bare and swept earth. There
was a patch of corn and vegetables in another place, and some chickens,
and too many goats.
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