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Moto Moto: Fire Is Fire, My Journey Into The Heart And Soul Of Zimbabwe by Orikinla(m): 12:58pm On Aug 10, 2007 |
Moto Moto: Fire is Fire, My Journey into the Heart and Soul of Zimbabwe I have completed two books to be published before the end of this year. The collection of my social, philosophical and political commentaries and the first volume of my prose demand more quality time. And I have two more books to complete before November. They are the books of my temporal and spiritual drawings and paintings and the fully illustrated Virtuous Woman in colour. My very long short story on the critical situation in Zimbabwe has done more for my psyche than all the previous short stories I have written, including the prize winning One Day At Obalende Bus Stop. My story on the trials and tribulations of those in Mugabe's Zimbabwe has been written and my fictional narrator Domboramwari, which means God's Stone, is the conscience of Zimbabwe. He prefers his books to all the furniture in his house and when he fled to South Africa, led by his South African girlfriend, Nkosi, he took only his books. The research on the history of Zimbabwe enlightened me and Domboramwari says Africans should not dance to the tune of the Americans and Western Europeans whenever they are castigating African leaders. We should address our problems through our own African channels. How did the death of First Lady Sally Mugabe in 1992 affect the state of mind of President Robert Mugabe? I have to go back to how the death of their only child, Nhanodzenyika, which means "our country has problems" in 1966, contributed to Mugabe's depression during the Bush War and the joys of the victory of the liberation struggle in 1980 became sour when Sally died on that fateful Monday morning of January 27, 1992. Three days to my birthday. And his new wife Grace has failed to save Mugabe from manic depressive insanity. As I was writing the story, I saw Mugabe in a dream and we were in a waiting room with other people. He was standing with a young girl I concluded was his daughter. Then as we regarded each other, I stood up for him to sit down, because there was no more sitting space in the waiting room. In Africa, younger people don't sit down and keep our elders standing He was looking 20 years younger than his 83 years and I told him so. He was cordial in a warm African way, even though he never smiled. I believe this dream was a message to enable me tell the truth in my historical story on the crisis in Zimbabwe. Because, this story will be read by millions of people in Zimbabwe and other countries in Southern Africa and beyond. I used symbolic Shona names such as the Mbira musical instrument, and how can you write about the heart and soul of Zimbabwe without Shona Sculpture. So, Pa Ntzombone is a Shona stone sculptor and when he talked about the 50 million years old Butter Jade of six and seven hardness on Moh’s scale, it was a discussion on the relationship between geology and history. "Only God knows the age of the earth, no matter what the white people claim," said Domboramwari. Often what we are looking for beyond the sky, is right there under our feet. Look beyond your nose. Our destinies are not in the stars But in our own hands. And the fault may not be in our genes. But in our thoughts. Let me end this food for thought with these philosophical lyrics of Moto-Moto: Fire is Fire. Moto moto Kana vunze chairo moto Sei kumirira kuti ritange rave rimi Kuti uti moto Usamirire kuti ritange rave rimi Kuti uti moto Bva zvawausika ndiwe Kuzvisikira mbune Kuti zvinzi moto Bva zvawakwenya jisa Kuzvikwenyera mbune Kuti zvinzi moto Inga vakuru vakare vaiyambira Kuyambira musapira gotsi Kupira gotsi rufuse Rufuse rune kakudziya Kudziya kwakabva pavunze Vunze rinenge rasha Hezvo ndisu tinenge tausika Kuusika tibike bike Kubika kana kudziya Kuudziya nevaranda Navaranda tovarairwa Pedzezvo topisa usavi Fire is fire Even ambers are fire Why wait until it's a huge flame To accept that it's fire Don't wait until it's a huge flame To accept that it's fire You have made the fire Making it on your own To prove that it is fire You lit the matches Lighting it on your own To prove that it is fire Our elders used to advise Advise us not to turn our backs Turn our backs to a bed of fire A bed of fire which is hot Which is hot because of embers? Embers, which are burning We make the fire For cooking or for warmth Then we sit around the fire with servants And we get carried away |
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