Under the Red Jacaranda Sheela S. Langeberg

Under the Red Jacaranda A life of love, betrayal, determination, hard work, joy, sadness, loss and triumphs. Its about my family, culture and heritage of my two tribe's I was born into; the Chagga and Masai people. I grew up surrounded by very rich culture of stories, songs, proverbs, riddles and dance. Our mother chanted to everything she did. I loved listening to her sing as she worked, nursed her new babies and when she comforted us children when we were sad or unwell. It was amazing to watch her little dances every time we were together which was often. We would be sitting doing some work such as farming or storing the grain into sacks after harvest, or pounding and rinsing the grain ready for dinner or while doing the weekly washing or even cooking, and she'd be leading a chant that we all joined in. Suddenly, and in a calculated tempo, mama would stop working and do little dance! That captivated us. When she stopped dancing, she'd throw in a proverb that we had... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Under the Red Jacaranda (Sheela S. Langeberg)