Comments on: Of the Diaspora, education and all that

By: rebecca munjoma

rebecca munjoma — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:26:31 +0000

at the end of the day it all comes down to you as a person,dont be defined by what people say about you but strive to positively change their perceptions about you but dont lose yourself in the process ,live your life.People who really love you will never judge you anyway.

By: Poshi Chikosi

Poshi Chikosi — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:47:16 +0000

I think people are just asking basics of life , are you ble to cook a decent meal like for instance sadza (bhodho) for three or more people , are you able to wash yourself (hauna man’a here) if not will you be able to wash your baby or the napkins or its the maid going to do it for you(sisi bvisai mwana aita pooh) or do you know how to greet geusts in the house (unogona kuomberana nevaeni). If one cant then l wound imagine is she able to wash her panties (unogona here kuwacha mabhurukwa ako emukati kana kuti sisi vachaita).Certainly those people whom you call men will leave you for the small house where everything is done at 99% perfect (vakanyarara zvavo kuti zii) kikikikikikiki masalad munozvishaya

By: Rejoice Ngwenya

Rejoice Ngwenya — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:26:27 +0000

@ Upenyu: “Later, I dated a man whose mother objected to our relationship because I was too privileged to be a ‘good African woman’.” I’m currently writing a piece on the ‘madness’ of fifty-fifty quotas for women in Parliament. I say ‘madness’ in the sense that women are NOT objects of patriachal pity – as portrayed by career feminists in Africa. Why? Because at primary election level, it is women who vote for men….. blah blah. But coming to Ms U’s article, she’s right. The world has moved on. Mothers, aunts and sisters who define ‘quality’ according to the size of pots a woman can ‘mona’ or how much land they can ‘hlakula’ …. they need education! In Ms U’s case, her man was supposed to stand for her rights.Our mothers [we men, NOT women] behave exactly as we tell them to. If we send the ‘wrong’ body signals about our women, they go off on a tangent.

By: Kuda Bumhira

Kuda Bumhira — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:51:51 +0000

Well before the trial has seen the judges verdict, society has decided on the complex issues. To determine the innocent and guilty parties. But such is life. You can’t go about life expecting to be treated with kid gloves. This is far from a perfect universe. What is more important is to learn how to handle such criticism when handed, whether justified or otherwise. That over-scrutiny of another’s view of oneself is in itself a somewhat harsh kind of criticism. I wonder how some even survive in the so called diaspora being espoused here with that hypersensitivity to another’s feeling upon oneself. It’s a pity, how our brothers and sisters endure all sorts of verbal abuse abroad, only to come back expecting some sort of hero-worship back, yet pathetically fail to live up to that self imposed status!