Monday 20 Oct 2008 - Partying with Southern Africans

So this weekend, I partied my butt off. I hung out with some Southern African friends (Musa and Brian). We drove up to Coventry which about an hour or so outside London. I had a crazy amout of fun! Everyone made me feel so welcomed and showed me so much love. The music, food, and energy of the place was amazing. I really feel Southern African music. I obviously don't understand the languages of Southern Africa, but the beats and rhythm of the music is infectious. I mean you can't help but dance to it. There were people predominately from Zimbawe and South Africa. Now, I want to check out South Africa. And whoa, these people can party. I mean it was like 5:00am and the party was still going strong. It was so bad, that I was literally "sleep partying". That is tantamount to sleep walking. I remember standing up with a drink in my hand and grooving to the music, but doing all of this while sleeping. It was crazy. We all got to sleep around 6:30am. When we woke up later that afternoon, the party started again. They prepared a big meal and got the music going again. It was phase two of the party. Isane!! I had a ball.

We finally made it back to London that evening. We cleaned up and were on our way to a lounge in West London to see Dorothy Masuku perform. Dorothy Makusu wrote many of the songs that were made famous by Miriam Makeba. It was an amazing show. Ms. Makusu is a very regal South African woman. She has been around since the fifties. She looked absolutely beautiful and sounded great. This show was great!! I felt so blessed to have seen Ms. Makusu perform. And when people hear you're from the states, they all want to buy you a drink.

Needless to say, I got no sleep this weekend, but it was so worth it!!

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