Soon after breakfast, I received a call from my cousin, Charles who asked me to escort him to see his late young brother’s children at Chapananga, 55km western side away from home. We cycled and arrived at 11am from 5:35am. Charles bought some clothes for the children. When we arrived, I was so hungry and tired though we were assisting cycling. He consulted the village headman to ask the father inlaw to late brother to allow us meeting the children.
The village headman called the father inlaw for that issue. “These men have come to see their late brother’s children. Would you let them come together with their mother to them?” the village headman asked the parent. The father inlaw to the late cousin refused that decision. “I can not allow them meeting children just because of the clothes. Had it been that they have brought some maize for them I could admit. These children need food not clothes” father inlaw concluded. The village headman tried to convince him in several ways but he refused. “Lets go back home it is already known that he is not going to give us opportunity meeting these children” I told Charles. “Lets go” Charles replied. It was so tiresome cycling all the way from Chapananga to Chikwawa. We arrived home late eight evening.
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