Friday, January 16, 2009
Today I met with Fred to prepare for our week with students. Two of the boys from the north, in Gulu, arrived today and were helping to build tents, like EZ-ups, but nothing about it looked easy the way they had to do it. They were building work tables from big cable spools and other scrounged wood. Four other students from other regions will come tomorrow as well as our two neighborhood boys who I invited. “Can I bring my friend, he is really good at art.” OK, sure, bring your friend. Make that three neighborhood boys. Can’t stop art. Read More!

Peter drove me to and from the meeting. On the way over he gave an account of the history and politics of the Kingdom of Buganda, yes there is a king here in Kampala, very traditional. Fifty-two clans in the Buganda tribe. “We are calm and don’t fight each other. Because look what it was like in Rwanda; they wipe each other out.” On the return trip, he described how to cook the traditional foods, mostly wrapped in banana leaves.

During the two hours I was gone, Kyeyune carved his woodblock here on the porch. I let him take the tools home to keep working as he requested. He tends to hog the tools so Sabiti didn’t get very far on his picture. Tomorrow I hope there will be enough tools for everyone.