After the documentary Metropolis: Coming to the city was aired many viewers wondered how the 4 newcomers were doing now.

So how are things with Andala, our newcomer from Lusaka?

Our Zambian correspondent Cleopatra informs us Andala is still doing fine. Although he lost his job in construction because the building was finished, he says he is making more money being a carpenter because he has been improving his skills of the trade. Also, his colleagues love him and consider him a real television star ever since the Metropolis-team followed him.

Andala’s wife also seems to be happy with her new life in the city, and they are saving money so she can start selling things at the market. She does consider the city to be noisy and she isn’t really used to have such noisy neighbours: when she’s preparing food, they’ll inquire what she’s cooking and they notice everytime she has a new dress. That’s why she is desperate to find something to do during the day, so she won’t have to deal with her neigbours.

In regards to his former girlfriend Harriet: althoug he doesn’t think about her anymore, he doesn’t want to take his wife to the places he visited with Harriet. He isn’t sure she’ll like it there, and he’s also afraid that his wife will get angry because he used to take his city girlfriends there.

It seems everything is going fine and Andala is a happy man. Yet he still has the ambition to go back to school one day: he wants to get a better position at his current workplace. Also, if he is ever to start his own carpenter’s workshop, Andala says he will have to study for it.