'Ancient African fire making technique..'
I am busy reading a very interesting African historical book named 'Sjangani' by Pirow written in 1953.
It's about this young 12-13 year old Shangaan boy fleeing ALONE the murderous zulu impis alone after his whole village has been wiped out and his consequent survival in the wild African bush experiences as well.
He was fleeing for nearly 2 years from Mozambique upriver all along the Limpopo river to the now aday Louis Trichardt [and Venda] area in South Africa .[+_ 650 miles /1000 km of pristine and wild African bush] with only a spear and a 'kalabash' [hollow dried out pumpkin like fruit container for water etc']
There he then later became a hunter for the famous 'white' black tribe leader and hunter J. Albasini ......
Anyway, he describe a primitive fire making method he used with Limpopo river reeds that I have never before came across....
I am still trying to puzzle out how it works exactly from the about 70 year old description in this book about something that happened about 100 years before the book, and will then try it out....
A fascinating real life Historical Survival document for those interested in these things..!
I am busy reading a very interesting African historical book named 'Sjangani' by Pirow written in 1953.
It's about this young 12-13 year old Shangaan boy fleeing ALONE the murderous zulu impis alone after his whole village has been wiped out and his consequent survival in the wild African bush experiences as well.
He was fleeing for nearly 2 years from Mozambique upriver all along the Limpopo river to the now aday Louis Trichardt [and Venda] area in South Africa .[+_ 650 miles /1000 km of pristine and wild African bush] with only a spear and a 'kalabash' [hollow dried out pumpkin like fruit container for water etc']
There he then later became a hunter for the famous 'white' black tribe leader and hunter J. Albasini ......
Anyway, he describe a primitive fire making method he used with Limpopo river reeds that I have never before came across....
I am still trying to puzzle out how it works exactly from the about 70 year old description in this book about something that happened about 100 years before the book, and will then try it out....
A fascinating real life Historical Survival document for those interested in these things..!
