Here it is – a visual record of Africa! Most of these come from the camera of one of the Africana dance troupe members. A couple are from my own camera.

If you guessed that this is not a picture of Africa, you're right. It's the Amsterdam morning

The next few pictures are from the night when the Africana dancers came for a feast and a dance.

Here is banku being prepared in a grill made from a car wheel.

Mmmm, small fish. Can you guess who ripped off their heads?

Dancing: a vital part of dinner preparation

The Feast!

African yoga is "casual"

From the shameless promotion department: when they're not making feasts and dancing, the members of Africana paint, carve, bead, etc. They're even setting up a website to sell their goods. Here are some things they've made. I'll include the web address soon!

Finally, one of the many perks of life in the VA house: the view down our street at about 6pm.

So there you have it: irrefutable proof that I'm here. I'll try to integrate images with entries more seamlessly in the future. Now, if I only had a picture of that goat sac...