HWTMYF TAKES

As I was reading this chapter, it amazed me how the writer is so knowledgeable about her family history and the past events that took place in the generations of people who lived before her. The way she describes the events that took place in her parents’ lives and so on, got me thinking. Very few people of our generation are knowledgeable about their family history. This could be because of different reasons including cultural dilution and other beliefs. One may find out that here in Africa to be particular amongst my generation, unlike the old days, we barely remember the importance of family. The ability to explain family history to that extent shows that there was a person who shared that information with the next person and history was kept safe. Whereas, the majority of people like me in Africa, we know very few past events of our immediate family history besides the history that we are taught  at school. The reason is that there’s no one to pass down that information except for the aspect of our witchcraft from our aunties/uncles/ grandfathers and grandmothers. Therefore this part of the chapter got to me and gave me the zeal to want to also have that knowledge of how my forefathers got to land in Zimbabwe, as I know am Zimbabwean by birth and not by nationality, although I know that I am an African….