On the 5th of March we visited Charles Taylor in
Chuchuliga, a blind guitarist who has taken part in the Feok previously. We have
heard a lot about Charles as he is very popular and well known within the
Builsa district. He was incredibly welcoming and positive about the project and
his involvement. Charles Taylor and his band partner sang us two songs with
their homemade guitar and painted calabash, being used as a drum – they sang
one song in English which went something along the lines of “it’s a happy day,
call my friend, I want to speak to her, it’s a happy day”. He was an inspiring
man who didn’t once mention his disability as a hindrance, only saying he would
like to make an album to sell! Once we had interviewed him, he very generously
gave us a chicken! Absolutely terrified about how to hold it at first, I began
holding it like a baby, to our drivers’ amusement. We became quite attached to
Charlie the Chicken as he fell asleep on my knee on the drive home. Once we
were home, we were at a loss of what to do with Charlie! So naturally we gave
him water and cornflakes and stuck him on the veranda (which he escaped from)
luckily, Alpha male Festus managed to grab him just as he made a break for
freedom over the compound wall. We fashioned a lead and let Charlie chill out for a
few hours before the inevitable happened… we had a lovely chicken stew that
night (poor Charlie!)
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