Brush the chip off your shoulder at Shangani

This is the story of encounters on a journey from north to south Zimbabwe, taken in the sizzling October heat when we are continually looking up for the slightest sign that rain may be coming.

It’s very hot and dry and so far there is no sign of the towering purple clouds we know we need before the rains arrive. The strong winds of early summer have come late this year: hot whirlwinds…