in the african continent, figures for aids infection rates are dreadful: 25% for south africa, 40% for botswana, who knows what numbers for countries like mozambique! even more dreadful if you think that it is mainly the young black population that is infected: children, women, men at their pride!
a lot of suffering is expected, at a time when acceptably efficient medications are already available. so is this due to shortness of funds? or, rather, to highly misplaced funds? either way, millions of people are dying in silence. can we help breaking it?
this tune is also a tribute to such musicians as lemmy mabaso, spokes mashyiane and west nkosi, to name but a few, in whose hands the humble pennywhistle has turned into a magic instrument.