This is a brief description of Mabuza and as he was a veteran traveller of the road, most of his quotes pertain to such:
Mabuza never wore shoes and I doubt he ever
had. The soles of his feet were broad and flat. The heels of his feet were criss-crossed with minuscule, dust-congealed ravines that were a memento to the
roads and paths he had journeyed.
Mabuza wore a pair of grey, white man’s
shorts that hung below his knees and an old man’s short-sleeved vest. Around
his waist, he’d tied a braided, leather rimpie (thong) and attached to this belt was a small, cheap, clasp knife
and a handmade leather tobacco pouch in which he kept his little tin of snuff
tobacco.
Mabuza’s teeth were as yellow as a newborn
chick, but the whites of his eyes were as clear as recently ground maize.
And here are his two quotes for the day:
*****
Mabuza once told me
that if the spoor of the man ahead of you is heavy and fat, you are following a
sullen man.
*****
Mabuza
once told me that if the spoor of the man ahead of you is light and thin, you
are following a happy man.
*****
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