In memory of a friend killed by an elephant

Swimming in open water is a favourite pastime of boys in the North West PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Swimming in open water is a favourite pastime of boys in the North West PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

“A reye go shaura”, Bashi beckoned us to go swim. Three inseparable boys. Bashi, Rantole and yours truly. Bashi was a little older while Rantole and I were seven. Like the three musketeers. Always up to some mission. We found Xani flooded with boys.

You see, Okavango River is given different names as it passes across different areas. In this particular place at the edge of the thick bushes in Qurube cattle post (15km from Gumare), it is called Xani River. Xani was the favourite for the boys. It had less reeds and open waters where boys would swim and fish while their cattle grazed.

Meanwhile, some distance away packed a tourist’s 4x4 vehicle. ‘Masafari’ as we called them occasionally passed by our lands. Always Whites, indifferent and in khakhis. History was poised to change. An old lady walked towards us.

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