Today something quite serendipitous happened to me. And it reinforced what I’ve been feeling during this time in Zim and all we are going through at the moment. What I haven’t felt is despondent or pessimistic, and I often question this – thinking maybe I should join in more with the complaining or possibly be […]
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My late husband had written a novel about Zimbabwe and Ireland, unusually for him as he generally wrote academic books. We needed some advice on publishing, editing etc. and one day he said “Perhaps we’ll meet a stranger on a train who might help us”. Naturally I was very dubious. A while later we were
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“Who goes there. Copa Cabana town, do you want my sister? A short man with an eagle- like nose, appears a few meters ahead of me, shouting out to me with his husky voice. Being in no rush, I reduce my pace just so the kombi (commuter omnibus) by the bus stop can go on
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On any particular day, when l decide to use a certain street in the bustling city centre of Harare, l always come across a baby in a red crate a little way away from her blind mother who begs on this particular street. It is a heart breaking sight but what has always struck me
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