Learning about rainmaking and birds in Binga

...i asked Gogo in particular to tell us about her recent research in Binga that she had mentioned to the night before.... Thembi discovered that the geographically and historically closest rain-maker to her area in Lupane had lived in Binga... she went for a two-weeks research to Binga, and got to know the story of Maalila. He used to perform rain-making rituals at Binga’s hot springs until the Zimbabwe government and National Parks claimed the land as private property. Based on Gogo’s research, a thirteen-episode TV series about Maalila was developed and produced in Binga... Thembi Ngwabi now better known as Gogo (Ugogo means granny in Ndebele) describes her transformation from a young creative woman grown up in town (Bulawayo), a dancer, bass-guitarist, director of plays and films and of the Amakhosi Performing Arts Academy to a rapidly-aged, traditional rain-dancer in the Lupane bushland… entire recordings archived at https://archive.org/details/Gogo_akaThembiNgwabi