The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-08-22, Page 5rY
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Takes count...
(cotltltuod from pq 4) Fulani have meat to eat 'so are
treatment, life in the bush 'is feeling strong, they explain. So
very hard on North Americans„ they dance, in celebration of
'-the main problem being the the rains and as a sort, of
food and water. The goat did exhibition of their new found
not even approach being half strength, as well' `as, in
cooked but I soon found it to be celebration of having survived
by far the best fare we were of- another dry season. It's a sight
•feted. The. staple of everyones well worth seeing and 1'I1 send
diet is .millet,, prepared one of you a -photo or two when I can.
'tw'cr Ways, like a porridge or , The costumes are incredible
gruel or mixed 'with water as a and the.. music and chants are
sort of•cold soup, both of which something to hear.
are ,ghastly. Guinea fowl eggs
happen to be, .in season at the
moment and we ate a great'
many hard boiled but one must
.be careful as the Houssa have
no way by which to distinguish
between the good ones .and the
rotten ones. (They were rather
fascinated by our demon-
stration of floating thetn in a
bowl of water to separate.the
good: from -bad.)
"If the food makes ' one. sick,'
the water can kill. It does too,'
white . rine native. alike;
"As I noted earlier we were
there, to°make a count for the
relief people but in true Fulani
fashion, the tribesand clans
were spread out over miles and
miles .so we'decided we'd had
enough. walking for a time and
since the camels were all away
on Earavan we.caught a truck
back to town and picked• up a
VW. Excepting_a Land Rover I.
r honestly doubt there is'a better
-vehicle for travel in the African
bush than,•a VW hug.
everyday. The problem „of ."By afternoon we were' back
course is the well which I had in the bush (with our own sup-,
4or e to see. It has only mud at ply 'of fresh water and. canned
the bottom of it and little water fond) and we got a feN tribes
so this being the rainy season . counted.• On .our way back to
the' drinking water is dipped camp we got Caught in a storm.
from swampy pools which are This may be the desert but
also used for bathing, watering duri.n'g`the rainy season when it
cattle in, breeding meisqutoes, ,' rains* you measure it in tons,'
hatching frogs eggs and so on. • not- inches or gallons. Well to
• Its easy to say, "Well just don't make a ling story short we
' drink it" but under the sun buried' the VW in a mudhole
here you lase- gallons • of about two miles, from'camp and
moisture every day and it sim- had to dig out' about 15
ply must be 'replaced. Everyone Fulani's in this holocust to lift
here has malaria. It's Only a us out. Back in camp, the scene
matter of varying degrees of . was unbelievable. When_ light -
severity. ping lit up the sky it looked, as
"The':beds in a Housia, tamp th'ugh we were parked in the
are a• straw mat laid --across a middle of a huge lake (for some
lattice work of sticks 'about 8" unexplainable., reason , the
off the ground. They are tit- Fulani's always. camp on the
credibly hard and always too low ground).
short as the Houssa's are a
short race of people. In com-
parison a Fulani bed is always
plently long because those
people are often more, than six
feet in height. Despite the con-, „aa when Altin.ie, our guide, ran up,
dition of my ,rear, the—bad- wrapped on the window and'
.water, the hard bed and so on, proudly, announced ' his' wife
I slept- fairly well:.. . •had, just had a, baby.
"Next morning we set ou.t by' „
donkey. (which I soon abandon -"After the rain let up we
ded due to mV saddle sales) for went to see the new arrival;
a second well, about three miles who was being nursed by its
away and.',returned twcamp for ° grandmother, and extended the
lunch. By this time Tim's usual congratulations „all
malaria was starting to get out round. `Tim was then informed
of hand so we rested during the that it would be named after
afterheion before starting• the him (which means he .has to
walk baek to a Fulani -camp at provide .the• ranr_t.o be killed at
the road in the ,early evening.. • the naming ceromony). Just so
Unfortunately the.. camels had . I' wouldn't feel left out they
been. taken oft on a caravan, • .said the next one would- be
that morning .and we had no 'named after me.
transport but ,our feet. • . • "There is so much I' could'
"Twenty miles a,crosscountry tell you about 'the 'Fulani's.
. in this heat •can make one They are such an interesting"
pretty thirsty so by the time we' tribe, but you have to live with
-readied the F•ulaTii camp I had., them•fur a time, eat their food,
consumed a lot of badwater drink their water and sleep in
and was suffering as a result. ""' their tents to really begin to
Tim is an unoffical member of
dertitand what I'm talking
,the- tribe with whom we spent 'about .or what they are. Like. •
'the second night, 'having :lived
and travelled with them for up "`They are a handsome and
.toa month at a time over the'' dignified race. but incredibly
past few years, and again we, primative.„They don't know the
were welcomed. en- world is round, or flat fol. that
thusiastical . They thought it” ,matter as . they have no word
pretty good that) couple of for either shapes .,in their
whites had managed to.walk 20 language. They wanted me• to'
.miles across open, country and bring my father's'cattle..to the.m
then locate' their camp. It's not to tend (since theirs are all
easy to do since they move dead) and couldn't understand
, frequently and the sand covers why I c,uldn't bring them to
their tracks- but Tim seemed to "their pastures. I could only ex -
know •his way around the bush. plain that it' was a'. very long
and we had little difficulty. , way and there was no grasp and
"Through the deliriurh of my only font water along the trip
' fever --I. saw the first Fulani ' (that's t*he Only description of
dances I had witnessed, that an., ocean" • they ;'could corn -
evening. This time of year, the ' prehend)-. I also explained, as a
rainy 'season, the cattle are -get-' sort' "of last attempt, that they
ting' "fat and . as a • result. the were My father's and until he
"So we sat it out in the car
'while the tents and huts„ ran
with about 8" of water. We
were peacefully ,munching •on
some bread and. corned beef
St. Thomas wedding
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Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cplman were married July 12 in Central
United Church, St. Thomas by Rev. Donald Parsbns. The
'bride is the.former Pixie Wilsbn, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Wilson, RR 6 Goderich. The groom's parents 'are
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Colman, St. Thomas. They were atten-
ded by Barb Lambert, Valerie Wilson, Kent Lucas and Les
Matthews. Following °a wedding trip to Northern Ontario;.
the young couple took up residence in London. (photo by
Scott) 1
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died • I had no claim to ;them,
They thought for d'minute- and I
then. n(tted, "That makes ,
sense."
"Toer women ...do the work,
hauling,wa'ter, preparing meals,
chasing goats etc., and the men
drink tea. They drink gallons of"
. the stuff, a every strong Sweet
concoction, and are physically
acidic -Jed to it. I,f they run out
they get very
.Ron & Peg
For those W o would like to .
write 'to Ron and his'wife, Peg,
the address is: C-eiitre
,I)'Elevage Caprin, ` BP 139,
Mar•adi, Niger, Afrique..
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1, : OI)ERICPI SItNAL-S'T'AR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1,974 -,-FAGS 4
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LOCHALSH .NEWS
Visiting Mrs. Henry
I/lac'Kew:iv and Niel is 'Miss
EdnaEda ('ook of ()wen Sound.
A welcome is extended Mr.
and Mrs. Jim MacKenzie,"
ne,wlyweds'to their home on"
Hwy 86 at="Lochalsh. •
The Park ki.L Lucha1' h con-
tinues to attract picnickers, and
Girt one occasion during' the past
few • days, every table was oc-
cupied,
c-
cupiecl * as %ell as those who
supl5l�tedl+tlirtr own tables from
campers
Vegeta'hles a nd garde►t
produce semi to beL.. itta good -
supply and demand, in the area
there were no less than three
stands set 'up within a mile or,
so in this area.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald'S.imp-
son have enjoyed a trip to the
west- coast.
Little Ainsley ,Martyn spe,ia
several ctay iri London 'at
Children's Memorial Hospital
where she was treated for a
kidney condition. She was
happy 'to return, home or
Thursday- only to have %,. two
fingers •badly hurt and a rush
trip to KinCardine Hospital for
treatment.
A bridal shower was held
Friday evening at -North Ash-
° field Public si"hool ir.honor of
Jan .Simpson, bride;'elect.
Church'services at Ash -field
Presbyterian Church were held,
Siinclay evenings during the.
past few Sundays..
Mr. and Mrs. Art Mat-
thewman spent"' a fey., 'days ,.in
the 'Toronto-l-Iarritltbn area -
visiting relatives and attending
'a wedding nin Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. K•L. M.acKen=,_
• zre had as their visitor a cousin,
Mrs. Rim Dunn of "Alberta
They accompanied, her to..,
Halton from where she Went b'r
plane to her home there. •
Softball playoffs --
,
begin tonight
The Coderich Industrial .Sof
tball League moves into its ,
semi-final playoffs t onight in
Agriculture Park..
The teams are divided into
two divisions for - the playoff.
The first- place team Gord's
Sports will play - third -place
Sandy's Clippers in the A •
Division game at seven- o'cicic k,w
Thursday. evening. The second`
game of the semi-final double
.:header pits ..Carlow‘ against
Brindley irr` the, first game of
'the B e Division consolat'icin
series. .
- Sunday evening second place
DRMCO will play fourth place
Kendall Oil in the other. half of
the A "Division playdown •
followed by the B Division
game between Fisher Builders
and Sifto.
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