Stef Bos in Concert

Today we attended the Stef Bos concert at the Paul Cluver Amphitheatre. The Amphitheatre is situated in a forest (called Bos in Afrikaans), so it was quite amazing. Stef Bos is a Dutch singer that have been coming to South Africa for the past fifteen years. His music has been influenced tremendously by Africa. As an African this concert was such a special experience for me. Amongst others, quite by chance one of his songs talking about Africa and the birds and the animals were accompanied by wild birds in the forest joining in in perfect harmony. He (Stef) also spoke about the things that he picked up in Afrikaans (my language). For instance, he spoke about a term that we use ('mens-word') literally translated meaning 'to become human'. In Afrikaans this means when you get to grip with who you are and make peace with the fact. I never realised how important this meaning was for me. Stef also sang a song called 'Maputo' about the capital city of Mozambique, partly in Dutch, partly Afrikaans, but also interspersed with Portuguese - 'an ancient language for a young continent'. Having been to Maputo a few times and also knowing what a special city this is, I really enjoyed this song tremendously