M7Griot Hero Three

     After a few days of my fish-for-work deal, I decided to move on to a new village. I walked for a few days before coming to rest at a small village called  Boma. I had read about this village before, and knew a bit about the history of the place.

     While I was there, the village elder asked me to sing him a song. His name was Gahiji, witch meant the hunter.  He was obviously very respected, and I was honored to sing him a song. But first I had to make one up. There was also a young, tall, heavily muscled man named Sentwali Runihura. His name meant "courageous one who smashes to bits", and he was singing to. We locked eyes, and at that moment we both knew it was a competition. He didn't look very intelligent  and I was confident that my song would be much better. After a few minutes, I thought that I had an idea.

     Call: "Boma your soil is soft!" I sang.

     Response: "Boma your soil is soft!" The village sang back.

     Call: "but 10 wars did not sink you!" the next verse went.

     Response: "but 10 wars did could not sink you!"

     Call: "Your people still stand strong!"

     Response"Your people still stand strong!"

     Runihura stood and stared. He dropped his head in shame and started to leave. I smiled and handed him my last fish-on-a-stick. He returned the smile and walked off. We ate my favorite meal, fresh fish-on-a-stick. That night there was a party.
     There was fun and games, food, fish-on-a-sticks, and drinks. I had a lot of fun and went to bed happy.