::::I've Left Copenhagen for Uganda::::

Red African soil under your feet

After a while of walking barefeeted in flip-flops the skin of your feet harden, they turn red, and they feel alive.

For two years I didn't wear socks (except for the rainy trekking session in Drakensberg in South Africa in 2005), and I only wore closed shoes when absolutely a must.

I might sound spiritual here, but there is a certain feeling of freedom and earthy grounding attached to walking barefeeted in simple flip-flops.

These red feet are not mine, but belongs to my good South African friend - Ian - who would wear flip-flops to work if only the dresscode at the Standard Chartered in Johannesburg would allow it.

Photo taken in Harare, Zimbabwe in November 2003.

Nomakanjani - Come What May

Who is singing this song which always make Ugandans (and Tanzanians) stop their normal way of moving on the dancefloor for moving together in one big collective movement? It is Brenda Fassie singing Nomakanjani - Come What May. I love this song!

Known as the "Queen of the Vocals" and dubbed the "Madonna of the Townships" by Time Magazine, Brenda Fassie was one of South Africa's most popular vocalists, mixing African vocals with a slick international pop sound. She had her greatest success in the 1980s and continued to record into the ensuing decades, but became a celebrity known more for her off stage antics than her on stage.

Get it here.