Jama stood in the centre of his imuzi watching Yibanathi, his iniKozikasi - Great Wife - and Lerato, his second wife, preparing the mealies and milk curds – amasi – for the evening meal. Unlike most married Zulus, Jama’s Great Wife was also his first wife, while prosperity had allowed him to afford three others. He was fortunate that all his wives got along well, with the younger women happy with their position. Yibanathi was his favourite, the companion of his youth and even now, she stirred a desire in him. Lerato was fifteen years younger, as shapely as a Zulu woman should be and obeyed Yibanathi’s orders without demur.
imuziiniKozikasi amasi –Life was good, Jama thought as he walked around his imuzi, watching his people work and play with the elders sitting under the umzimbeet tree as
