It’s hard to imagine that anything could knock COVID-19 off the top of the news headlines. Last week, however, awful news from Minneapolis achieved this, for all the wrong reasons. The death of George Floyd, apparently at the hands of State Police, seems all the more shocking when set against many nations’ spirited collective fight against COVID. There are many things wrong with George’s death, quite apart from the tragedy for his family and friends, but whether any lessons will be learned, or changes will be made, remains to be seen. We still live in a highly unequal world.
The South Luangwa offered up an uncharacteristically quiet week, at least in the areas where I moved! Such is the way of the bush that you can be looking the wrong way at some point and miss a cue that would have led to something unusual. But there’s no knowing where the cues will appear and whether we’ll be in the right place to see them.
However, I spend a number of happy mornings, sometimes alone, sometimes with family and friends, appreciating the splendour of this place and making offering a first-line of observation against the encroachment that may result from a year when local communities are feeling the pinch, even more than usual.
As always, here follows the week’s updates:
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