Stiger Sola � the storyteller

Stiger Sola PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Stiger Sola PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

Sitting around the fire must be the best place to hang out with storytellers. From all those old lullabies from our grandparents that we used to hear while wrapped up by mehagolwane waiting for dinner (that took all night) at the village, to those mates that star around the campfire with their funny stories during city folks camping trips, the story telling is best around the fire. Maybe open spaces, darkness and fire somehow enhances the art of story telling.

Legend folklore guitarist Monaga “Stiger Sola” Molefi is a deft storyteller, not your ordinary “Gatwe E rile,” storyteller and does not need campfire to get to his charming element.

But if one sits with Stiger around the campfire, with his guitar, it easily turns out to be a great show. And I have been privileged to have just 14 of those campfire shows during the Cross Okavango Delta Expedition - our adventurous journey in the wilderness as we crossed the Okavango Delta using mekoro.

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