All Chapters of Village Girl: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter OneGrowing upYoung village girl.I wasn’t born with a silver spoon….When people meet me, they think, I was born with a sliver spoon in my mouth, totally wrong. I grew up a typical village girl, who worked in shaba’s, fetched jerricans of water on her head, collected firewood from the jungle, cultivate land to get a good harvest, walked long distance to and from to a local village school, did pottery to earn a living, taught to me, by my late grandfather, so that I can earn a few shillings, to help out my mother, at some point this would help out, however, when we went hunting, my brother who loved it, he would position us, so that we kept shouting driving the animal towards the trap, funny isn’t, hahahaaaa, when I think about it, can’t stop laughing, etc. Growing up as a young village girl was as normal as any other village girl. My childhood wasn’t any different, neither was it any easy at all. I grew up in a family of six, f

Chapter ThreeChurch was a mustSunday, the day of the Lord...We grew up knowing, Sunday is a day of the Lord, you don’t have to mess it up by going digging, etc, but you had to go to Church. We all looked forward to a Sunday morning, why? There would be special favours from our Mama, treats, snacks, eg pancakes, special Sunday meal and evening hours, we used to go visiting the neighborhood.  ( You can compare that, to a current holiday to Paris). Sunday was a day for church, we grew up knowing how to pray and worship. Growing up in a Protestant Church, that’s all we had ever known. And that was ok for me and my siblings. In that local Church, we were baptised and confirmed upon by the Bishop. Confirmation was one of the activities that comprised a lot of teachings and activities one had to go through, learn certain Bible basics, before you were confirmed, (as a true Christian, a grown up believer, I guess). The teaching the

Chapter FiveLife in the capital city……We woke up very early, still dark outside, we pace through the bush walkway, to catch a bus to the city. There we where, me and my older brother, we left for a strange land. It was a long journey, for the first time, I saw trees and houses running going backwards. That was the worst nightmare, I couldn’t explain, nor understand it and there was nobody to ask. We finally settled in with strange sisters and one new brother, [my step family]. In the awe hours we had to wakeup early, do all house work, feed the animals, prepare lunch for the people at home and leave without eating. Going to school wasn’t easy at all, here we ended up walking miles and miles to get to school, more than tens miles each day, I believe. I can still follow the same route to my former college school, even after very many years. Its as fresh as yesterday…. There was one family where we used to make a stopover, they told us, they

Chapter SevenFull house at Sue’s placeSue had two rooms, a living and a kitchen, in that house, we all lived together. It was a happy home, occasionally our Mama visited us, would stay a couple of days and return to the village. We lived under that same roof, whenever one graduated, look for a job, get a relocation depending on where the job was. But that was bound to be a home forever, because Sue worked in the same place for more than 25 years if am right.When night drew closer, we would then lean back, tell stories, recounting our different walks, the obstacles we encountered, the hindrances, mountains and valleys. And finally a straight path way, to different destinies. But we always learnt one thing, that at Sue place was a place to be. We all had to run back, every other weekend. Whenever we learnt of our Mama coming, we would all gather back under that same roof. A roof that brought wholeness, peace, joy and finally a very good night sleep. Sue

Chapter NineJoJo moved to my sisters, SueJo moving away, disrupted me a lot, though I couldn’t tell anybody. But being young in mind and age, helped me a lot, I can’t remember holding unto issues. Jo was too young to know, so that helped her adopt to knew environment quicker. However, I still remember the day, I left her behind, very well knowing am gonna take long to see her. In between her transit journey, Jo had a stop over at my brother house. I remember, she was there for a couple of days or a few weeks, don’t know why? But I remember, she stayed there before she finally had her final arrival at my sister’s house. At the same time, her being away turned me into a woman full of courage, focus, determination, taught me to trust God more, etc.  However, juggling in between wasn’t easy at all. I had to fight it out, for me and for Jo.Jo was my closest friend, my bed mate, my focus whenever I woke up and