This post is the fourth in my series on southern Africa’s traditional baskets. This one is from Botswana, and the pattern is titled Running Ostrich. If you’ve ever watched these gangley birds do a thirty yard dash, you know this basket couldn’t be called anything else. Perfectly named!
NOTES: ©2025 Jadi Campbell. Uwe’s photos of our trips and his photography may be viewed at viewpics.de.
NOTES: © Jadi Campbell 2025. To see Uwe’s pics from our trips go to viewpics.de. I am a Best American Essays-nominated writer. My books are Broken In: A Novel in Stories, Tsunami Cowboys, Grounded, The Trail Back Out, and The Taste of Your Name. My most recent book
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I love the unusual pattern and the color combination.
it’s brilliant isn’t it?
It’s the perfect name.
Even seeing them walking the legs are so gangly like they’re about to break into a trot!
Wow, I love this unusual pattern
mesmerizing beautiful and perfectly named all at the same time