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23 October 2019

WIN Newsletter, Vol 2, Issue No 8



EDITORIAL


Zimbabwean author Virginia Phiri with a Malbereign Girls High School student Isabel Chifamba, one of the students who read and received a book from International Board for Books For Young People (IBBY) during an event to celebrate International Literacy Day at the Harare City Library. Phiri is the current chairperson of IBBY. Read on and get linked to the International Literacy Day commemoration hosted by the HCL last month.


We are very grateful for all the feedback we are receiving regarding our newsletter. As an organization that is keen to grow in knowledge, we receive every comment or word of advice positively. The interim chair of the ZIBFA Executive Board, Mr. Memory Chirere has announced to all stakeholders that the provincial Book Fair in Masvingo which was scheduled for October 25 and 26 at the Masvingo Civic Center Hall “can no longer proceed as scheduled.”
Chirere said, “This is due to the fact that the 25th of October has just been declared a public holiday in respect of the National Anti-Sanctions programme. The ZIBF event has now been moved to a date to be announced in the near future once our venue service provider has reverted to us.”
In this newsletter, you will enjoy and take part in the awesome world of writers and their writings. Thank you again.


ZIMLIBRARY PRESENTS STORY WRITING COMPETITION



Theme: Christmas at Home
Closing date: 30th November 2019
Open to all Zimbabweans

What picture gets into your mind when you think of Christmas? What are some of your best, sweetest memories of Christmas at home? How would you want to remember Christmas? 
The Christmas at Home Story writing competitions encourages the writing of original Zimbabwean narratives. In December, we will be publishing an anthology celebrating our Christmas stories targeted for our young readers. The anthology will include all the shortlisted stories in both the young adult and children categories. Everyone who has a story in the anthology will receive a free copy when it is published.
The entries can be in English, Shona or Ndebele. Please submit your entry to paruware@yahoo.co.uk. Entries should be emailed as pdf attachment. All entries are judged anonymously in pdf attachments-this means your name can not appear in the manuscript. Please make sure you include your full names, address, phone number and email (if different), title of story and word count of your story in the covering email. 
We are unable to accept previously published work, including that published through other competitions. However, you are welcome to enter anything that you have published yourself on a blog or website.
You can enter in the following categories:

16-21 years: 1,500 - 2,000 words
12-15 years: 1,000 - 1,500 words
 11 and under: up to 500 words

 Until the lion starts telling his story, the hunter will always be the hero. For questions and more details about the competition please email bchituri@yahoo.com or aparakokwa@gmail.com


CHARLES MUNGOSHI JNR OPENS ONLINE SCHOOL

By Winzim Online Media

Charles Mungoshi Jnr

Rising motivational speaker and author Charles Mungoshi Jnr, son of the late literary guru Dr. Charles Mungoshi, has opened an online school called School of Positivity that provides different courses in attaining a mentality of positivity.
He said the school is a vision he had been carrying for the past five years.
As a motivational and inspirational speaker all I have ever wanted was and is to impact people's lives in a positive way. My personal mission is to express my thoughts on paper, in speech and by visual means, to motivate, inspire, drive and uplift anyone and everyone so that they break the mentality of limits. I have been inspired to be a speaker mostly because I dislike seeing people struggle with things they can overcome from within. It takes one's mind to change a destiny,” said Mungoshi Jnr.
His late father’s words of wisdom still linger in his mind. The school, he said, is inspired by the lesson his father taught him about the meaning of real success.
“My father taught me that success is attaining inner peace and fulfillment and it goes beyond acquiring wealth,” said the young author of five motivational books.
The School Of Positivity falls under Mungoshi Jnr’s broader vision of the Hub of Positivists, which is an arm that focuses on teaching individuals to be positive in life. His belief is that positivity starts from within and needs time to nurture positively. With the school he wishes to gather like-minded people to generate a forceful field of positivity to shift and effect progressive change in the lives of individuals.
“Yes a lot of people don't think being positive actually works because they want to see the ‘now’ results but like everything else, the mentality of positivity needs time to grow. People think that politics will have a direct impact on their lives but that's not true; there is no way the change in politics will directly impact change in you because progress is an inner thing,” he said.
Mungoshi Jnr’s published books have impacted the lives of people of all ages. His language is vivified by his style and profound motivational messages. He has five books, namely, ‘Snippets of my Versatile Mind’,’ Madhiri eCash’,  ‘Falls For The Top’,’ The Curse of Being Young and Successful’, ‘Inspirations From Lack On The Road to Abundance’.


HARARE CITY LIBRARY CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY



The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor P Mavhima, speaking at the commemoration of International Literacy Day held at the Harare City Library last month. For more information and images about the event, please click the following blog link: hararecitylibrary.blogspot.com


SUNRISE FOUNDER LAUNCHES BOOK IN CHINA

By Win Online Media

China-based Chipo Munjeri, author of Surviving The Agony of Shame

Founder and director of Sunrise Foundation Africa Chipo Munjeri, also known as Tracyhappy, has self-published her debut motivational book titled Surviving The Agony of Shame which details from a personal experience the debilitating effects of shame.
The book was officially launched on October 1, 2019, during a dinner hosted by Sunrise Foundation at the Punjabi Restaurant in Beijing, China, and also on October 4 at the Fanta World Hotel in Shenyang. At both launches, the author says she sold about 170 copies of the book altogether.
In Surviving The Agony of Shame, she tells her own story of how she had to live with shame for many years until she conquered it through redemption in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The simple yet powerful language of the book makes it accessible to readers at all levels. It explains the causes, effects, and the solutions by drawing from the author’s life experience. The opening chapter titled ‘A Personal Experience’ will pull readers into the devastating workings of shame while the subsequent chapters dissect its specific characteristics such as ‘How People Subscribe To Shame’, ‘Toxic Shame’, ‘Causes of Shame’, ‘Symptoms of Shame’, and some practical tips on how to overcome shame.
In the book, she tells of her touching story when she was a poor girl coming from a ‘dysfunctional’ family with some members not believing anything good can come out of her. The shame she suffered as a child due to a number of factors haunted her at school and later at her workplace and in relationships. Yet one day when she received the favor of God, everything changed and the light came through.
Surviving The Agony of Shame is surely a book for everyone although the author says she wrote it with women in mind. Anyone can learn a lot from Munjeri’s experience and knowledge of shame, for shame itself knows no age, race or gender. 
Sunrise Foundation Africa aims to strengthen socio-economic support systems that reduce the number of school dropouts, promote access to livelihood skills, opportunities, improve self-esteem, care and love and to eliminate the vicious circle of poverty
The following are images from the conference at which the book was also launched:



Tracyhappy happy to hold her book


THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE

With

Mimi Machakaire

How To Overcome Writer’s Block
“Writing about a writer’s block is better than not writing at all.” – Charles Bukowski 

This is for all the established and aspiring writers out there who have gone through this situation and who know how it feels all too well. What is writer’s block first of all? The best definition given by wiki.com can is “a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work or experiences, a creative slowdown. The condition ranges in difficulty from coming up with original ideas to being unable to produce creative work for years.”
So have you ever had an article, novel or short story, which was due but you couldn’t come up with any beginning words for it? That moment when you sat there behind your laptop thinking about a creative topic but nothing came to your mind?  You waited for hours for inspiration to finally hit you but still it seemed like there was nothing left in this world which you could actually write about.
Well, as a writer I have been in this situation before and it is awful. You notice that time is running out for the deadline and you have yet to produce a story or article!
When you finally do think of a topic to use, it still feels like there is something missing. This is because you have wasted so much time thinking about what you want to write, that you end up just writing a fluff story that do not grab your interest from the beginning.
They say there are three common causes to writers block:
1.       It’s simply not the right time to write.
2.       You are afraid to put your ideas out there for everyone to see.
3.       You feel like you need everything to be perfect.
Once you’ve accepted that this indeed is the problem the next question is how do we fix it? To avoid going through this struggle here are some valuable tips that can help you overcome writers block:
1.   Some suggest going out for a walk. This clears the mind of any clutter that may be distracting you and helps create space for new ideas.
2.   Eliminate all distractions from your work space.
3.   Do something to get your blood flowing such as exercises.
4.  Believe it or not but playing simple mundane games can actually help with creativity (think of puzzles or chess.)
5.   Change your environment for example, if your TV is always on as you work, simply switch it off and see how it feels.
6.   Read a book.
7.  Listen to music, nothing hard rock, heavy metal or even hip-hop, just some classical or jazz to help you relax.
8.  Make a hot beverage of some kind, some examples can include; Tea’s, coffee’s or even just a simple mug filled with warm water and an added lemon. Doing so will help you relax as well.
9.  Create a routine. These days many writers have found that this process helps them find their inspiration. Creating structure in one’s life helps other matters flow a lot easier. 
10. You can brainstorm in bullet points. Writing short brief answers can help kick-start and expand ideas that can inspire a different angle to your story. 
11. Lastly, you can research on some inspiring quotes to help get you started. 

So next time you’re writing, whether it’s for a school assignment or a work-related issue and you don’t know where to start, don’t overthink it because that automatically delays your creative process. Simply relax and remember the tips given above, maybe there’s something you’re doing wrong and you don’t even know it yet. Once you have finally come up with your ideas or brief notes, then you can comfortably ask yourself what is next for you and your writing journey.
    

NGATINYOREI

Na

Tinashe Muchuri

Kuverenga Tichidanidzira

Kunyora kunonakidza. Kana uchitanga kunyora zvinokurudzirwa kunyora uchiisa zvese, kudurura moyo wako wese pabepa kana mu computer usingasiyi kana chidiki zvacho. Izvi zvekururumisa zvese zvinobatsira kuti semunyori usazosha mbariro dzemazwi dzekurukisa denga, kana nhungo dzemazwi dzokururisa denga kana makavi emazwi ekusungisa denga kuti risimbe.
Asi zvino mukururumisa mazwi umu haasi ese mazwi anomisa chinyogwa. Pakurura denga tinosarudza nhungo dzakasimba dzemuti usingapfukutwi uye makavi nembariro zvemiti isingapfukutwi kuitira kuti risapfukutwa kana kuparara nekukurumidza.
Kana pakunyora nyaya, nduri kana nganonyorwa, mazwi anoda kupimiwa ukoshwa hwawo pakuvaka chinyorwa.
Muchikamu chino tinoda kukurukura nezvechidobi chekupeya kana kupepeta chinyorwa chako semunyori usati wachisvitsa kumupepeti wako chinonzi chekuverenga uchidanidzira. Ndichikurukura naIgnatius Mabasa rimwe zuva akasimbisa nyaya iyi achiti inzira inoita kuti munyori agone kubvisa mazwi asina sungawirirano nemamwe mumutsara, mazwi anogaka, uye anokanganisa mutinhimira kana anobvisa chinyorwa chimiro chacho.
Chidobi ichi unokurudzirwa semunyori kuchishandisa pakusunganidza chinyorwa chako kuti chive chinotapira chichiyevedza. Vanyori vane mukurumbira vanochishandisa.  Pandaipepeta muunganidzwa wenyaya pfupi dzaPetina Gapah dziri mubhuku Rotten Row kubandiko rerunyoro rweChiShona, takaita zuva rese tichiverenga tichidanidzira kuitira kuti mazwi abude sekuda kwemunyori.
Imwe nguva semunyori unonzwa vanaChipangamazano vachikurudzira vanyori vachangovamba rwendo rwekunyora kuti vapote vachiverengerana zvinyorwa zvavo senzira yekubatsirana kuvandudza manyorero avo. Kuverenga uchidanidzira imwe yenheyo yekunyora zvinyorwa zvakasimba uye yekupepeta mazwi asingafambisi chinyorwa mberi.
Zvino paunenge uchiverenga uchidanidzira unofanira kunge uri pasina ruzha irwo rungangokukonesa kunzwa mutinhimira wemazwi  mumutsara. Naizvozvo zvitsaurire nzvimbo inofefetera kure kana nevanhu. Izvi zvinokubatsira asivo zvino kana wave kuda kubatsirana nevamwe chikotsvanai nevamwe vaviri vatatu mobatsirana kuvandudzana. Neiyi nzira, chinyorwa chinozosvika kumupepeti chave nechimiro chakaisvonaka.
Kune vamwe vanotya kubirwa mazano. Kune ava ndinoti tosangana muchikamu chinotevera cheNgatinyoreyi.
  

BALOBI BESINDEBELE, ALILODWA!


Gogo Nkala

Kambe ungumlobi osowadindisa ugwalo loba izingwalo, kumbe njalo ungumlobi wesiNdebele osacathulayo? Musa ukusalela emuva kumncintiswano wezokuloba kula amagagasi obulembu awakulezinsuku. Kuyisibusiso ukuba loGogo Barbara Nkala osilolayo esilolonga, esikhuthaza. Ungomunye wabalobi bezolo abaziwayo eZimbabwe, njalo ukhankasa efundisa njalo ekhuthaza kulamagagasi obulembu akulezinsuku, kubhulogi. Wenzela wena mlobi. Vakatshela ibhulogi yakhe uthole amasu okuloba inoveli loba inkondlo ngesiNdebele esicacileyo, imincintiswano, kunye lezindaba zokholo ezithinta kwamancane.

Thinta lapha okuthi:



MUTAMBA’S POETICAL INVENTION OF THE PEOPLE’S TRAIN

Book Review by Beaven Tapureta

Shepherd Mutamba

I have boarded a train or kombi too many times to notice fellow passengers, especially the talkative, being free and tolerant as they exchange views on a number of issues that loom up from anywhere. Issues political, cultural, socio-economic, and religious are discussed and solutions suggested but it ends there in the train or kombi.
What Shepherd Mutamba has done in his latest offer titled Dobhadobha: A Book Without Margins (2019, MhotsiUruka) is to snatch the bits of conversations from the people’s train (dobhadobha) and present them on paper, this time painted in verse, philosophy and lively images.
Dobhadobha is described as a collection of picture-poetry naturally because a picture accompanies each poem and it is this fusion of words and images that carries the essence of the whole collection. To fully retrieve meaning from a poem or image, one has to understand the nexus between both. However, multiple meanings come with the complexity of such a marriage of words and images!
The images seem to provide the ‘landscape’, which is obviously Zimbabwean/African, while the poems either distort or re-arrange it. As a photographer, Mutamba says his poetry was ‘inspired by pictures of everyday life surrounding me’.
I have read Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s The Fifty Rand Note, a collection of short stories, and her use of public transport as a setting is much similar to Dobhadobha. While Ngwenya in some of her stories, like in ‘A Dollar For Two’, uses the kombi, Mutamba chose the train to capture voices of a group of people moving from one place to another. As is usual in Zimbabwe, you are likely to hear pertinent issues bedeviling the motherland being discussed in these kombis or trains.
Be that as it may, Mutamba’s dobhadobha is a psychological train. Love, death, suffering, art, the media, leadership and various other themes are profoundly and fearlessly dealt with in the collection. We hear the voices of a bitter laborer, the sex-hungry lover, voices of advice, the disappointed voter, and many others as you would expect in ‘a book without margins’. Apart from the short poems, there are also very philosophical one-sentence sayings. Are these sayings poems?
For instance, above the image of a bee exploring a beautiful flower, Mutamba philosophizes about ambition:

No distance unconquerable when a bee smells a flower.’

And this is titled ‘When A Bee Smells A flower’.
As politics, the media and the arts become integral to our everyday life, Mutamba’s courage is in capturing what things ought to be like. He spews the anger back at the reader, challenging him/her to think again. The poem ‘The Morning Paper’ blasts the disregard of professionalism or ethics in today’s journalism and the persona rather longs for

‘…the return of the newsman of old
One committed to inform, not to offend the reader…’

Politics is handled in various poems also but as regards the arts, Mutamba criticizes mediocrity and/or unimaginativeness. In the poem ‘She’s My Mother’ one is really touched and drawn into deep thinking about certain pieces of art, particularly sculpture, which we see on display every day and never give a thought about their offenses on gender. The image of a naked woman in a sexual position accompanying this poem exemplifies the absurd art and Mutamba’s voice cries:

‘Sculptor, I’m saying your subject is my mother
What’s art when art violates the dignity of
women?
Distorting my mother’s values and moral standing
Sculptor, taking my mother for a bitch on heat
Sculptor, I said your subject is my mother
Why must art insult when art must heal?’

Words like ‘fart’, ‘fuck’, and ‘shit’, are often synonymous with the bitter, ‘apoplectic’ writers like the late literary hero Dambudzo Marechera and others. Bulawayo-based poet Philani Nyoni in his poetry collection Philtrum (2018, second edition) uses the same language in some poems in which the persona expresses an ‘anti-authority’ anger. When Mutamba uses them too, he depicts extreme or intense emotion which is no longer suppressible but needs venting out like in his poem ‘This House Is Stinking Shit’. However, this is not to say the use of such words in literature is good or bad but once published, the language becomes subject to different criticisms.
Two of the poems in this collection first appeared in the Prize Africa magazine in 1981/2, meaning that Mutamba had all along been subduing a talent while he pursued his other passions such as journalism and photography.
And when he published first and second editions of the late celebrated musician Dr. Oliver Mtukudzi’s biography Tuku Backstage in 2015 and 2018, readers might have thought it was simply an obvious publication from one who handled Dr. Mtukudzi’s public relations. Well, Dobhadobha is here to redeem you from that illusion. Mutamba is proving to be a complete writer, one well-versed in a number of genres, though again he refuses the title writer, rather preferring to be called a shepherd because, as he says in his poem ‘Don’t Call Me A Writer, Call Me A Shepherd’:

‘Writing shapes me into a good shepherd
Not just another writer writing writings…’

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN ZIMBABWE

With
Aleck Kaposa


Beloved children, how are you? I hope you are enjoying school. I am sure you have heard about the miraculous Great Zimbabwe. One day you will know more about the history of this amazing place in Masvingo. The history of this place remains somehow mystical but according to what we already know, the word madzimbabwe or zimbabwe is derived from Shona phrases used freely to mean either ‘stone houses’ or ‘venerated houses’. Now I am going to tell you an exciting story which my grandfather told me when I was your age.

How The Madzimbabwe Came To Build Houses Of Stone

Many, many years ago the people of Madzimbabwe lived peacefully and happily in their blessed land of red soils and rich pastures. They lived in thatched huts made of mud and poles. They grew healthy crops and kept beautiful herds of cattle that gave them a lot of milk, meat and hides.
One day a fierce wind blew and with it came a fire with huge, orange flames that danced wildly in the wind. The fire was uncontrollable. The king ordered the people to flee to the mountains. The fire burnt their homes, crops and some cattle.
“Run for your lives to the mountains,” the king shouted. “Everyone run!”
The king’s messengers beat drums and blew trumpets on top of hills and mountains to warn people about the fire. The people rushed outside their huts, grabbed their babies, clay pots and gourds of drinking water and fled to the mountains. By then clouds of smoke that billowed into the sky had completely covered the whole sun.  Even there, far, far away from their villages, the people could feel the strong heat from the fire.  When the fire died many hours later, the king and his people climbed down the mountains, hungry, thirsty and weak. They slept in the open on empty stomachs. On the following day, they started building their homes and kraals again.  Rebuilding the villages and kraals was hard and painful but after several months, they had fully recovered and started living happily again. 
 Then one day, after long months of hot and dry days, there appeared in the sky some strange birds. The birds soon covered the sun. The children thought the birds were rain clouds and ran about singing joyfully:            
Mvura naya naya
Tidye mupunga
Mvura naya naya
Tidye mupunga
The elders of Madzimbabwe told the children that the birds were not rain clouds. They told the children that the birds flying in the sky were known as Shuramurove.
“When the Shuramurove birds appear,” the elders said, “They foretell that a storm is coming, a storm which is full of strong winds and often heavy rain.”
Indeed a storm came. Heavy winds blew roofs off the huts and heavy rains fell. Soon the water level started rising. People screamed and cried as they ran to the mountains again, blinded by the large raindrops that fell on the ground like spears. The strong wind continued blowing. Thunder boomed and lightning struck every now and again.   Many cattle, chickens, goats and some people drowned. All the huts in the villages were destroyed by the water, just like in the fire.  The water on the ground was almost freezing. That night the people of Madzimbabwe slept in the bushes by the mountainsides. On the following day, the sun shone brightly and brought warmth.  The king gathered all the people and thus spoke. 
“Weep not my people,” the king said in a voice that rumbled down the mountainside like thunder. “Wipe away the tears and be ready to build again. We will be strong and build again. You all know about that fire that destroyed everything. After we worked hard to rebuild, then came this storm which has destroyed everything again. We will build again but this time, with stones. We will build houses of stone which fire cannot burn. We will build walls that the strongest storm or cyclone cannot bring down. Even enemy spears will not be able to penetrate the walls. Our kingdom will be known as the Madzimbabwe or houses of stone.” 
And so the people started building houses of stone but with no mortar.

MEET THE AUTHOR OF CACTUS CREED

Cover of Cactus Creed

Winzim Online recently caught up with Tafadzwa Ruwambara, author of Cactus Creed (2019, Esteem Communications, Harare) and below are snippets from the interview:


Win Online:     Who is Tafadzwa?

Tafadzwa R:    My name is Tafadzwa Ruwambara. I hail from Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. I was born on the 10th of November 1987. I'm the last born in a family of 4. I enjoy outdoor leisure, writing, among other things.
Win Online:    Can you tell us more about Cactus Creed?
Tafadzwa R: My book is a narrative of hope, courage and ferocious determination. Realizing our dreams remains our core business even in the midst of hardships and opposition. And the presence of challenges is never a signal to give up but a reminder to grow stronger. Keep believing in yourself, put your best effort, and keep pushing forward. Successes do not come from a silver platter. They are trapped in thorns, and if you fear the pricks, you will lose everything life has to offer. If you don't desire the pain, you don't deserve the gain. At the end of each good fight in life, there is triumph. Endurance is the elastic of life that keeps us going, that keeps stretching us to higher echelons of power and prosperity. This is what Cactus Creed is all about.
Win Online:    How did you discover the writing passion in you?
Tafadzwa R:   I was a form three student in Mrewa. We would go for sports as a school, and I was a participant in those sporting activities but would find time to write about events and present the same at assemblies. What was funny was I was like the self-imposed journalist of the school. I don't remember anyone giving me that responsibility. I simply did it on my own and my teachers accepted it and enjoyed it.
Win Online:    Who are your favourite writers, local or abroad?
Tafadzwa R:    Honestly I don't have a favorite writer either here in Zimbabwe or abroad. I respect many writers here and outside, and I read many books even, as I did Literature in English at A level but I never regarded nor do I regard anyone as a favorite.
Win Online:    As a writer, what is your vision?
Tafadzwa R:    My ultimate vision is to transform societies and nations through writing. I desire to see people doing their best and realizing their dreams for this life and for the one to come. So I want to write as many books for that dream to be a reality.
Win Online:    And finally, your advice to fellow writers?
Tafadzwa R:    My advice is if God gave you a gift to write, to inspire people, and use it or else you'll lose it. And as you endeavor and make giant steps to fulfill this dream, you'll face opposition but remain committed and true to your cause.
Win Online:    Thank you Tafadzwa.
Tafadzwa R:    Welcome.


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My Pillow My Comforter
By
Shamuyarira Osmond

All day long
Catch-as-catch-can
Toiling to make ends meet
Tired to the bone,
Feigned looks of success
Written on thy sweaty face
Wearily staggering towards home,
To my comforter

So soft it takes me to Dreamland,
Wiping my anguish away
Absorbing tears of joy and grief
Soothing reddened cheeks
Massaging out the harshness of the world
Forcing a kiddie smile on a chapped face
Throughout such frightening shadow of death,
The dark night

Breaking darkness is dawn
Slumber is sadly hanging over.
A must-time to leave comfort zone
Yet my comforter silently craves for me
Clock tic,
With a grieving heart we divorce
Not forever
But for a numerable seconds

Off I go with rekindled strength
Thanks to my comforter
My comforter, my pillow


Color Me Freedom
By
Beaven Tapureta

color me freedom
spare me the absurdity
color me love
writers hardly forget
color me color me
good music and not
the discord of your disco
i am no good at fiasco


Ibva Kumahombekombe
Na

Tamutswa Muzana Kundidzora


Vanohuda hupenyu vanotuhwinha kumahombekombe,
Kutya kuti vangapapaurwa namakarwe,
Naipo pakuredza ndiko kwavanoredzera,
Kuzere machura netumajenya,
Itwotwuya twunotyoka miviri kana mafuta adziya
Vanoti zviri nani kufa nenzara pane kuoneka nyika!
Iwe ibva kumahombekombe!

Kouya vana mushaya matyira,
Vasina nezano asi vanotambira kunonyudza,
Kushambira havagoni asi kukara hokota,
Kuda iwo magwaya anotsemurwa nebanga,
Ane mukati makanunira,
Ndivoka vanoyeredzwa nadzo nzizi dzakatsamwa,
Vachipesuka nepamhuno dzengwena vodyiwa dzova ngano,
Vanovharwa meso nekuda zvakanaka,
Vosvasvanhira vakatsunzunya meso,
Vokohwa pasina!
Iwe tuhwinha kunonyudza wakavhura meso!

Koita avo vashoma vanohudisa upenyu,
Vanoshambira nekumapopo asi vamaira zvidyavanhu,
Seruvangu vanodzinonga hove huru vachirongedza,
Vanodzokorora zvimwezvo kusvika vazadza nhava,
Avo meso ndivana mushaya chapotswa,
Pane mvuu vanoisa meso,
Naipo pane matombo vanoisa meso,
Nzira dzose dzemumvura dzizere mundangariro dzavo,
Dzavo mhuri hadzipangi muto,
Vavo vana havateyedzi mana kutsvaka kusvusvura


Street Kids
By
Beaven Tapureta

we used to be the kids
growing in the dusty streets of home
now we are the street kids in their City
when they hurl stones at we don't know who
we also hurl stones at we don't know who
we run when they run
that they may remember us
when they are well-fed…




Thank you very much for taking the

 time to read our newsletter. As usual, 

your feedback is welcome. Until we 

meet again in our next issue, know 

that reading & writing is important 

in 

our lives. Be blessed.








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