Why you should read Chirere's "Bhuku Risina Basa"

by Editorial

I have had the opportunity to read snippets  of some of Memory Chirere's post on social media extracted from Bhuku Risina Basa Nekuti Rakanyorwa Maskati. Even though i have not had the chance to grab a copy, this read promises to be mind blowing as it is presented in both a comic and witty way. Composed in the mother tongue, the thrill of secret things that Chirere has come to realise both about life as a writer and an individual who is growing up and watching the river of life pass by unravel themselves to the reader.

Here is an extract from one of his rants on social media:

Mune iyi, ndainge ndichangozvarwa
ndakaradzikwa mubhasikiti zvaJesu chaizvo.
Ivo vachitoitawo saJosefa naMaria!

Mune iyi, takasimudza mawoko tagohwesa bhora.
Tarisa kushama kwatakaita kunge zvigatawa!

Mune iyo, mukuru wechikoro ari kunyemwerera achindikorokotedza.
Ndainge ndawana mubairo wechiRungu chandaisataura kumba.

Mune iyi, ndainge ndakakugukuchira tiri mupaki, Sekai.
Ndaisaziva kuti rudo rwemukadzi rwunonaka nekuvava zvese.

Pane iri pakavha yebhuku rangu rekutanga,
ndainge ndakatarisa mberi ndichifunga kuti ndini Soyinka.
Ndaisaziva kuti bhuku haripere kunyorwa.

Mune iyi, ndakatarisa mwana wangu wekutanga
ndichitya kuti achararama here?
Asi nhasi ave kukwira ega bhazi achienda mativi mana.

Mune iyo, vana vandaiticha vakasimudza maoko
asi nhasi vazhinji vavo vave kutonga nyika.
Ndinovaverenga mupepa ndoseka zvangu.

Mune iyi, ndakasunga tayi
ndiri pedyo chaizvo negurukota rehurumende.
Vari kumusha vanoti ndinodya namambo.

Apa, ndiri parufu rwaFarai
ndakakotamisa hope yangu pabhokisi rake
ndichiti, “Famba zvakanaka Fatso, ndichatevera.”

Mune yanhasi, ndiri pamunda wangu.
Ndini here uyu akapfeka kabudura kemurimi
achiteerera zvake kukura kwechibage?

Vasikana ava handichaziva mazita avo.
Asi uyu mutsvuku ndakamushaira mukana tiri pachikoro.
Kwaari ikoko Mwari ngaandichengetere.

Mune iyo iri pamusoro pesofa, mai mwana
tiri pamuchato wedu tichitsvodana tatumwa namufundisi.
Uchazvigona here izvi pazere vanhu? 

From Bhuku Risina Basa Nekuti Rakanyorwa Maskati

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