Bojalwa jwa Setswana, the best part of Dikgafela

I arrived in Ntsweng Heritage site in Molepolole in the early hours of Saturday morning and drinking beer with bannabagolo (elderly men) was to be the first activity on my ‘to do’ list. I had never tasted traditional beer since Son of the Soil festival and my tongue was already aching with anticipation.

I decided to take a little tour around the place and locate the hut that houses the liquid of magic. I had once heard an old man passionately describing the beer as ‘kgarebe e tshetlha se ledisa bannabagolo’.