African Time........

I'm sitting in KMA's office at the Agricultural Resource Center right now. Waiting for Ntate Makhele to arrive is a fair warning given during PCV training and I remember back to when volunteers who were at the point I am just about at now said “take a book because inevitably they will be late”. There was even a rule that gave at least an hour to any stated time. I have seen it before. People show up to workshops or meetings one, two, or even three hours late. What's the point of coming by then?! Even when people were telling me about how Nthabileng's wedding would go they described a scene where they would start the actual wedding around 11 with very few people present. By 2 you would have half the crowd that would show by 4. Really!
That's African time and it has grown on me here. In getting accustom to reality though I refuse to give up the thought that two people can not somehow communicate a certain time and then be there at that particular time. I can read the sun and my shadow so don't tell me no one has a watch. This may be a winter project. At one of my workshops I will introduce how to tell time by the sun.
If you happen to have any information to aid in this effort please send my way. I would greatly appreciate it. Until then, I am going to read “The Crow Indians” by Robert Lowie and play some music.