For the rest of the day, she wandered around with this new crew, which lost and regrew members like a lizard as it moved deeper into the exotic delights of the show. At Lusaka’s 58th Agricultural and Commercial Show, Sylvia Mwamba saw for the first time: a man in bumshorts and a boa; a headless woman in a dark tent; an albino woman walking around in a chitenge just like someone’s mother; one zombie and his nation, dancing on a makeshift stage – a ‘Thriller’ performance; a woman who slapped a man’s face, then gasped at herself, a smile stealing to her lips; and a live penis. This last was by
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