Can you write?
As soon as my first book hit the market, I started receiving e-mail messages, phone calls and short messages on my mobile phone from people from various places and backgrounds. Some just wanted to congratulate me. Some wanted advice. It would have helped me a lot if I had received messages from critics as well, but it seems critics have decided to keep their opinions to themselves.
It is true that critics, especially those who are strangers, can give very useful comments about anything because they have nothing to lose by calling a spade a spade. They can easily say, “This is a whole lot of trash!” Read more
Zimbabwe: young people “die” to be heard
Young people are literally dying to be heard in the repressive, chaotic and often violent political scene of Zimbabwe.
Levels of despondency are high among the youth because they cannot see a future of hope and dreams in the country’s political decision-making.
As a result, many young people have gone into self-exile or illegally cross national borders everyday to work in menial jobs in neighboring countries, usually putting their lives at risk.
The situation of youth in Zimbabwe today is indeed reflective of the social fragmentation, decay and crisis facing the country. Read more
