Zimbabwe Artists Project

In 1989 my brother Innocent was married to Epiphania.  They had two children.  But my brother passed away in 1996.  After that his widow decided to have some boyfriend, and after six months she surrendered her children to Ambuya (grandmother) Shonge, her mother-in-law and my mother.

1.    Orpah and Nyradzo are saying to their grandmother, “We are going to play fish-fish (jump rope) with our friend’s gogo (grandmother).”

2.    Gogo Shonge is winnowing some groundnuts.

3.    She is preparing to grind some peanut butter to sell so that she can get some money to buy soap, sugar and salt.

4.    Orpah went to mai (mother of) Tima.  “Gogo said if you have salt, please give us.  We don’t have salt and she is preparing to grind some peanut butter so we can sell to the teachers at Mukute School.

5.    I am coming from town (Harare) to take Orpah and Nyaradzo to Harare so they can go to school.  I am talking with my mother.

6.    Now I am on the way to the bus stop to Harare with my two nieces Orpah and Nyaradzo.

Now they are going to school.

This story was handwritten by the artist.  The original is tucked into a pocket in the appliqué.    (approx. 2' x 3', maroon & navy)