Farewell
Farewell
To our destiny
We have once again surrendered
To old men holding hands
Promising us the unity
They once shattered.
By Lawrence Hoba
Vosvika muAmerica mazuva ano
Filed under: Books & literature, In Shona, Short Stories
Mbeu yevanhu vosvika muno yati siyanei neyedu patakasvika. Isu taivinga chikoro, kana kuzotora twumakosi twekutiwanisa mabasa ane musoro, toshanda kwemakore, tichironga kuzodzokera kumusha takagukuchira upfumi. As ava vouya ava, huwi-i, mabasa chaiwo.
Pane mukomana akasvika mwedzi wapfuura. Hameno kwazvakanhongana nemukadzi weChirungu anenge ane dzakadambuka dzose. Mungadai mavaona nhasi pavasvika pano kuzopemberera Zimbabwean Independence Day nesu, chikara chichizvidhonza haikona, hanzi ndine wangu, isu tikati, “Tamuona!” Ndamutarisa mukomana uyu ndikanzwa misodzi yoda kudonha. Nhai shiye zvayo, mwana akakurira kuruzevha, kunozvuviwa nechembere zvayo. Anga ashayei kumusha? Chero mumaruzevha zvamuzere vasikana vanogona kutsvoda wani. Read more
Haiku
teyoupfumi
Ndaiti zvimwe mudyandigere
Muteyo wehupfumi
Nanga kuposha vamwe.
pagomo
pagomo papfigwa
ndararisa murapwi
ndanzwa. Nhau mapopopo. Read more
Nzwiraiwo vamwe
Mandiwana ! Mandibata ! Handityi !
Handizi ndega. Ndiri ‘fandareva.
Ndionerei zvenyu pasi. Muchapagara.
Kwamuri ndiri mbeu yeparuware.
Asi ndipo paino onekwa nevakawanda
Rovai zvenyu. Pondai ! Handirove.
Magaro, tsoka, musana, sikarudzi.
Chirarai hope dzandashaya, dzimai
Pfungwa nezvipo, muumbavha gutsanai
Kundipfuudza kusandigumisa.
onai meso avanhu, ringai maziso avo
Ndiri mwenje mubako. Uchapisa.
Kunzwira vamwe kuti vave vanhu, semi.
Farai Madzimbamuto
Nov 2008.
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Where do we stand?
Do we crawl when others walk?
Do we sob when others roll
in the ash of laughter
with donkey assurance about granite
tomorrows that defy the fury of dynamite?
And now we say we are not those
who sit and remember to spring up
when the clap of thunder
splits the tailbone of indolence!
© Emmanuel Sigauke 2008
Sister, sister
They tried VaRungu’s medicine,
gave her herbs crushed into powder, mixed with water.
They boiled bark, roots and leaves,
cooked smooth rocks of Runde
in salted and peppered water
and made her drink the broth;
they lugged sacks of nameless
minute bones from Binga diviners,
sprayed salted holy water from ZCC prophets.
But no shrub stirred in Mazvihwa; no pumpkins budded,
only zero dreams of crackling cries piercing dawn
as the possesed winds of Muringi and Madzvovera
wailed and scraped clean
the road to divorce and disaster.
© Emmanuel Sigauke 2008
Zvitubu
Hairambwi misodzi
kana yafunga kupopoma, kunyanya
kana ichibva muchitubu chemukatikati;
Hairambwi, hairambiki, hairambi–
inenge ingori nguva yacho,
maungira emupande wenguva
achizunguza zvangungu zvenzeve…
Do you have a story to tell?
Every individual, who has experienced life on planet Earth, has a personal history to relate about his or her journeying through life, whether they know it or not. In life there are numerous histories being made by people from all corners of the globe and from different cultures but no two journeys are the same.
To begin a life is to begin a historical journey and each life has its own individual story. In life there are numerous histories being made by people from all corners of the globe and from different cultures but no two journeys are the same. Everyone has life experiences that are uniquely different from everyone else. Even if two or three or more people have had the very same experience, they will each narrate it in a different way, because their perspectives differ from each other’s. Read more
The atrocities of the traditional customary practice of “kuripa ngozi”
Filed under: Books & literature, How Zimbabwe can be better, I was just thinking
The African continent has diverse cultural backgrounds and in contemporary Zimbabwean culture, traditional customary practices have a strong foothold and remain an integral part of the everyday lives of many Zimbabweans. In this regard, women in Zimbabwe are still vulnerable to some entrenched customary practices, despite the legal prohibitions which have since been enacted by the Zimbabwe judicial system. Blatant violations of women’s and girls’ human rights are made possible by the maintenance of some of the detrimental and discriminatory customary laws which allow for the continuation of practices, that negatively affect women, and among these persistent practices are:
“KURIPA NGOZI” – The customary practice of offering a young girl or grown woman as compensatory payment in inter-family disputes as well as in the appeasement of avenging deceased spirits. An avenging spirit is appeased by offering a young woman in marriage to the aggrieved spirit in an uncanny and an extraordinary spiritual marriage covenant and the spirit husband is the spiritual manifestation the inevitably follows. Read more
On The Zimbo Jam- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?By Memory Chirere Although many Zimbabwean music lovers are agreed that Alick Macheso is the King of Sungura, the Zimbabwean brand of Rhumba, that is as far as the agreement will go. As Masimba Kuchera admits in an article on the Chesopower website, ‘there have been many schools of thought on the (real) strength of Macheso- some arguing about his skills with the bass guitar, some contending that it is his vocals and others proffering his dancing skills, it is generally agreed that the musician is of immense talent.’ When people agree that you are extremely talented but go on to debate hotly about exactly whether your strength lies in theway you walk or the way you run, then that is a mark of genius. You actually put people in a crisis of naming aspects of a phenomenon.
- A Dance Farewell for Isabel MatolaBy Ruvimbo Hope Masike Here is one of the most beautiful things about Zimbabwe. It is inimitably Zimbabwean. We Zimbabweans love peace, of course, among other things. We love fun, joy and we are naturally celebratory people even when there isn’t much to celebrate about. For instance young children jump around joyously chanting “Ndege! Ndege!” when an aeroplane passes over them. Now when there is something worthy of the celebration, the joy is electric, understandably so, considering how almost everything else around us is seemingly dull and confusing and uninspiringly so. As a result, when Isabel Matola’s Mozambique Dance Festival came by, it turned out to be one of the brightest lights in town, which was a well deserved acclaim.
- Kanda Bongo Man Lands in Harare With One Guitar[Herald] France-based rhumba maestro Kanda Bongo Man had just one guitar when he set out to perform at the Harare International Conference Centre on Wednesday evening, and his day was saved by a local musician who offered him his instruments on the 11th hour to avert what could have turned out to be an international disaster.
- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?
