Waiting for the Rain

adze afraid answer beer begins belly Betty Betty's BLACK CROW brother Bulawayo bush Chambara clapping comes dark daughter dead door drum earth everything eyes face father fire Garabha says girl give goes going overseas hands happened hear heard Jan Knappert John Kuruku Kutsvaka laugh leave listen Lucifer looks Lucifer's Makawa Mandengu Maraini married Matandangoma says medicine mother mouth nods nuts Old Japi says Old Man says Old Man's Old Mandisa says old woman parents Pause porridge puts quiet quietly Raina says remember Rhoda Richard Rive round sadza Sekuru shakes her head shouts sighs silence sits sleep slowly smell smiles song stands stares stop talk tears tell thing thought throat told Tongoona says tree turns Ulli Beier ululating village voice waiting watches what's wife words wrong