“A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” ….. Tim Cahill.

Some important aspects for us are …….

To wander To move from place to place travelling freely. (Encarta Dictionary)

searching for the mysteries of God Not fully understood, that baffles or eludes, the understanding. A religious truth incomprehensible to the reason and knowable only through divine revelation. (American Heritage Dictionary)

Indigenous people People who have maintained at least in part their distinct linguistic, cultural and social/organisational characteristics, and in doing so remain differentiated in some degree from the surrounding populations and dominant culture of the nation-state. (Wikipedia)

An indigene is literally someone or something that is native to or originating from a given place. therefore, when indigenous is used purely as an adjective, an indigenous people group or culture is regarded as “coming from” a given place. In this broad sense almost any person or group is indigenous to some location or other. (Wikipedia)

Encourage To inspire with hope, courage or confidence. (American Heritage Dictionary) The raising of one’s confidence especially by an external agency. (Merriam – Webster Dictionary)

Drums and storytelling The drum plays a very important role within African culture and there are musicians known as “griots” who wander from village to village telling stories, preserving and reciting the great historical traditions, blessing the people and bringing current news from afar. Like a bee going from place to place collecting and pollinating. How would today’s “griot” evoke a message?

“A chief will not go anywhere unless he is accompanied by a drummer to signify his status. In Africa, it is a drum and not a sceptre which is the symbol of the king”.

(African Rhythm and African sensibility, by John Miller Chernoff.)