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A very good start to this story. It gets you interested right from the first. Stephan, dose he know what he is getting into here? I would say not. Thilo we can only wonder about him. This looks as this is going to be a very interesting story to read. It left me wanting to read the next chapter right away. Very good work. I look forward to seeing the next chapter, if I can wait that long. 

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Well, well. With Mr King specialising in refugees from North Africa, my stories from East Africa, and now this typically excellent Andrew Foote story about Thilo from Southern Africa, the Castle is becoming the best web site in the genre for our Continent for indigenous stories. Somebody out there must have something about West Africa surely! Adam.

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WOW, a wonderful chapter. Stephan and Thilo finely met and it went very well. You can just tell that things are heating up between the two. At dinner the two boys talked like young men passed their own age. I look so forward to the next chapter.

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A very nice read. We see both boys go shopping and spent a few pounds. Then we saw Thilo fit right in with the other boys at school. Then at last we saw the emotional attraction both had for one another. It was just wonderful in its simplistically. I look forward to the next installment.

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Stephan shot a perfect score. It is remarkable for anyone of any age to do that. As the chapter went on we found that Thilo is keeping a big secret. He has now told Stephan and both could have a big problem if anyone knew. We have to come back for more as things could be getting hot in more ways than one.

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Hmm! You certainly know Angolan history Mr Foote. Jonas Savimbi aught to have been a candidate for the ICC, but the UN court at den Haag had already been accused of being a court for only African war crimes, so he slithered out of his just deserts. Unlike Thilo, however, I am not enthusiastically won over by Namibian claims of being a fair and open democracy. Is it not only this year that its "liberation" leader surrendered the Presidency after over 30 years as executive head of state? As a proud 4th generation African myself, I know it will take my continent, and particularly the countries south of the Equator, time to adapt the best of western style democracy to the special needs of the multi ethnic states left us by the colonial carve-up of our land. My own country of Kenya, with 48 tribal communities and 44 languages and over 70 distinct dialects amongst its 44 million people is a case in point. Only Mauritius and Botswana among Sub-Saharan countries have had consistent, regular, free, fair, elections in the 50 years since independence. And these two states decided to retain the British Monarch as a titular head of state for some years after independence, before becoming republics. Others dove into their republic status within months. 

So Thilo, via you Mr Foote, is teaching us far more than a simple message of boy love, of romance between teens. It is showing us Thilo's strengths of understanding of the complexities of his world. And, I hope, it demonstrates to some of my black brothers that Africa is a white mans' continent too, by history, by inheritance, by happenstance. Just as Thilo's family lost blood over the soil of what was South West Africa, mine have spilled since the 1800s in what became British East Africa.

Keep the mix - the serious, with the romantic. But I don't see how you can get to a denouement in the little space you've allowed yourself.

 

Adam

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I feel the need to reply to Adam's post.

Unfortunately my knowledge of South West Africa is limited to the research I did for this story as I've never ventured further into Africa than Tunisia. Actually, it's rather dangerous to explore subjects about which I have little or no understanding as I discovered when I wrote about a sea adventure. Despite exhaustive research, I managed to include some glaring mistakes, especially when navigation reared its ugly head. Fortunately the site master was an experienced seaman and pointed out the gaffs, so the published story was pretty accurate.

Perhaps I should add 'Errors and omissions excepted' at the end of each chapter, but thank you all for your comments. I really appreciate them.

 

Andy F.

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This chapter was an insight to Stephan home life. A very close family with duty to them self as well as the land. Thilo was welcomed to the home with all but open arms. This chapter is setting up the mood and giving information for the one to come. I am so enjoying myself in the story. Very fine as it is.

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What a wonderful chapter. We see the boys almost young men take responsibility for the farm and each other. The dinner was very nice and Thilo told the Lord and Lady he loved their son. At the same time they gave their blessing to the boys relationship. Now back to school for the boys. What could be next we will see next time we return.

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