Sarah Rhodes, who is doing her PhD came for a visit and I took her to Grey Street to see the beaders market and then took a detour via Madressa Arcade... one of our favourite places in Durban... Here she is standing in front of the shop of 'Inchebe' the bearded Muslim trader that I became acquanted with when I started doing beadwork, a long time ago. Most of the Zulu women buy their beads from him.
He imports his beads from Checkoslovakia in solid wooden boxes (used to) and I bought them from him to use as furniture when I stayed at the back of SHane's house, when Kim and I seperated.
It was at the time of the rugby world cup and I became friendly with his younson who loved chatting about the Springboks... I saw him today and he is a grown man with a long beard... scary how old I've grown...
