Libation

	This is my freind Sera. He was an older breddrin who lived in the rondavals in the background. He was studying to be a chemist (notice the periodic table of elements on his shirt.) The three rondavals in the background were a common meeting place for a lot of the guys on campus. The vibe of the rondavals was so much different than the rest of the hostels (dorms.) They felt more like homes. It was always nice to drop by and have people around, doing laundry, having a drink, listening to music, doing homework or eating together.
An excerpt from my journal on May 26th... "Sitting outside [Nyok's] place. He lives in what you call a rondeval. In the countryside, the houses around here are made of mud. They're circular and on the top is a thatched roof in the shape of a cone. That is what people have traditionally lived in… With the influx of industrialization, modernization, such things, people started making them with concrete and using corrugated tin for the roof. This rondeval that he lives in is one of the residences on campus. They put two people into a rondeval. It's got concrete walls and glass windows and a door. But the roof is made of thatch. Right now we've been listening to music, just feeling some vibes. Its nice to hear music loud cause its not something I get to hear too much here. Things like radios are really expensive in comparison to what people spend on everyday life here. So its rare to be around expensive things like a radio, but its nice to hear the music loud tonight and it's the first time I've brought my CDs over… It's nice to have a night or release, listen to reggae, be refreshed."