Although much of the conversation during our visit was in siSwati, I still enjoyed watching the interactions and wandering around to take photos in the heat. I ended up buying one of the grass mats that Gogo makes and sells to try to support this large group. I also contributed a little money towards paying for seed and for a tractor to plow more of the homestead land so Gogo can plant and sell more maize. I hope she’ll have help. In the photos, one can see that there are many children and not many able-bodied adults on the homestead. I think that’s pretty much the norm in rural areas, partly because people who can earn a living move to the towns to do so, and partly because so many adults are dying of AIDS and/or related diseases like TB.
Photos attached include a shot of the homestead and one of laundry and maize; a picture of the young, hip urban visitors playing with a laptop they'd brought along; one of the aunties and others conversing around the loom; a picture of Gogo weaving a mat.
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