Performance Transcription :

Home and Away

Home,

Sombe 

Vitunguu

Nyanya

Pilipili Kijani

Karanga

Cube Magic

Mafuta ya Kiganja

 

Home is There

Home is Away

 

Away,

Cassava Leaves

Spring Onions

Green Peppers

Peanut Butter

Knor Spice

Vegetable oil

 

Home and Away

Home is there

Home is Away

Away is here

 

There are memories within me of how I’ve been able to experience home through food.

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Through packages sent by relatives in plastic bags, within other bags, sealed by cellotape,

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Every time a package like this would come, I know that I’d be able smell, feel and eventually taste home.