Setswana Lesson with Nkadi

Maggie and Jessica arrived in camp yesterday, so everyone is now here!! Nkadi Setilo visited us yesterday and today to give us Setswana lessons. We learned lots of Setswana including greetings, numbers, animals. Nkadi also gave everyone special Setswana names, with their meaning ranging from leader to star.

Nkadi Setilo

Tomorrow we will continue our lectures on savanna ecosystems and learn how to take field measurements, specifically for vegetation assessments. We will then begin our fieldwork on Tuesday, starting with vegetation plots, where we will measure tree characteristics (stem and canopy dimensions, number of stems, species identification, etc.).

Top row: Tshepo (Erin), Lorato (Loraine), and Kagiso (Marshall).

Middle row: Daryl, Nkadi, Sethanya (Rose), Masego (Nastasha), Kgosi (Bernard), Lesego (Lily), Mpho (Kareem), Mmapula (Ilse), Thato (Anna), Moshimane (Thomas), Loapi (Emma), and Teemane (Margaret).

Bottom row: Kabo (Sabryna), Lesedi (Maggie), Naledi (Jessica), and Tefo.

We will post the meanings tomorrow!! (-: