WEALTH OF IDEAS

Once again, I was waiting to hear the news that Ngugi wa Thiongo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature (2014), only to wake up and find out it was Patrick Modiano, described by the American media as "a little known writer". But that's okay; I welcome any writer who gets the award, whether or not the writer is "little" or "known little". Each time someone gets the award, a milestone has been realized in literature, and it gets me closer to the award. But you don't get that award for not writing. It is an inspiring moment; I get to write a few sentences here and there, still aware, of course, that it takes more than just a few sentences to get closer to the award. That said, I just know Ngugi should have won it. We have been waiting for too long, but again, what is too long? We will keep waiting. I could easily politicize the issue and say he didn't win because they don't like something about his writing?  Of course, I can, saying things l...

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 nemagwaro efundoyo. Asi ava vouya mazuva ano ava, huri-i, mabasa chaiwo. Pane mukomana akasvika mwedzi wapfuura uyu. Hameno kwazvakanhongwa nemukadzi weChirungu anenge ane dzakadambuka dzose. Mungadai mavaona nhasi pavasvika pano kuzopemberera rusunguko rweZimbabwe nesu, chikara kusvika chichizvidhonza haikona, hanzi ndine wangu muRungu, 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. Shuwa munhu kukwezwa neganda otadzawo kutarisa kuti patori nemhunhu chaiye kana kuti ringori dzunguwaya zvaro. Gore rino tichaonerera zvedu.  Iko kudaidzana kwacho kani. Inongovak...