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Chef Mlantushi - Mozzy to his employer - is, in his mind, the head chef of a safari business catering to VIP guests in an unnamed African country. Mozzy is earnest and dedicated to his task and he puts all of himself into creating fine cuisine dishes for the guests at BOD-W safaris but his dream is to become the head chef of a restaurant in London or a big American city. Even to win a Michelin star. He is thwarted in this ambition by his boss, Mr Bin (Ben to you and me) who incurs Mozzy's disapproval for his scruffy ways, his uninterest in his guests and - shock, horror - his allowing of bush animals into the house.
In truth, BOD-W safaris is a ramshackle enterprise, the house dilapidated and the guests rare. But Bin and Mozzy trundle along in relatively amiable bickering, and Mozzy rubs along with his wife, Dorothea, even though he is somewhat circumspect of her involvement involvement in the evangelical sect, The Divine Missionary Prosperity Assembly. It makes Dorothea happy to think of the blessings her commitment to this prosperity ministry will inevitably bring her.
But then the safari gets two new guests who will set in motion a train of events that will change everything for everyone. Miss Camlyn arrives, bringing with her her grandfather Mr Summerberg who is determined to record the song of a rare and endangered bird before he dies so that it can be played at his funeral.
