Julius Mbura: The blind man who climbed Mt Kilimanjaro

If you met him for the first time, you would find it hard to believe that he is blind. He will try to break the ice by making light of the moment with a resident joke.

“Good to see you!” Then he will quickly retort, as if to correct himself amid giggles, that he lacks the sense of sight, and will follow that statement with its antithesis: “Good not to see you.” He has alchemised his reality to make the best out of it.