Born and raised in Zimbabwe.

 

I come from a people who are not fluent in academic-speak or otherwise professional-lingo. 

That is a second language. Perhaps a language we - Zimbabweans - are actually fluent in, but a second language all the same! In the context of the socio-economic circumstance of the vendor economy that is Zimbabwe, we speak fluently in “kungwabva-ngwabva”. That’s Shona colloquial for creating something out of nothing every damn day! That sh*t is magical, and “sh*t” is a technical term.

 

No degree. Some certifications, but never mind that. No fancy jargon of the suit and tie blokes. No hyper-theorised “ideologies” to render me woke. No golf-on-weekends networks. No +10 year experience. No start-up or founder stories to tell. No big company work history. No trust fund!

 

For what we lacked in language, we were surely compensated in story. Storied experiences? Yes! We’ve got that in abundance… and nuance!

For semantics’ sake, I submit myself to service of such narratives.

 

Writer. Storyteller. Expressionist. Creative. Warrior-poet. 

 

SHALdo