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Ubizo - the Calling Growing up, I was a sheltered child. I didn't have many friends, didn't consume much content on the television and I didn't spend a lot of time around people. All I did was read books all day, consuming words and turning them into my reality; in my mind. Besides words, my dreams consumed a large part of my mind, along with sounds of beating drums that I'd never heard before. My favourite thing to imagine as a 9 year old was a group of people dancing in bushes, wearing red and white cloths, beads and hair that I found enticing. Strange? I think not. I enjoyed these imaginations because everything seemed so far from reality and the people were cooler than everyone I knew. But... I guess the saying "dreams come true" is as real as the air we breathe. One Friday afternoon, I was sitting with my aunts and grandmother outside, when a group of people who looked exactly like the men and women in my dreams, walked past our home. In excitemen...