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Madzibaba muhutapwa - My family
G.O.D.
Obori
June 2008
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Madzibaba muhutapwa
Vepamusika madzimai muchizarira
Vechidiki mudzidziro voremadzwa
Pwere mujecha guruva kwese kwese
Mhuri yekwangu
Misha yedu ichiputswa
Dikita redu vanopamba vachisveta
Mukudzidza votsutsumwa vachisvipwa
Kusvika riinhi tichirozwa nadzo mbavha
Mhuri yokwangu
Chera mwena
iwe mhandu
Mupanduki nguva yako yazokwana
Hapachisina wakanyepera vakuru
Wapedza hondo Toyitoyi taidzosa
Mhuri yokwangu
My Family
Fathers are
in bondage. Market women are locked in cages. Students are maimed
at their educational centres. Young children are surrounded by dust.
That is the way of life for the poet's family. The poet then
closes with a stern warning to the perpetrator: Your time is up;
you better find somewhere to hide; we are going to fight back.
About
the Author
G.O.D. Obori
(meaning spiritual healer, though the initials G.O.D. are an acronym
for "gaining one's definition"), whose given name
is Biko Mutsaurwa, has pioneered a new, striking form of poetry.
Marrying deep Shona with contemporary struggles, he effortlessly
blends Shona culture with the Hip Hop generation. G.O.D. Obori's
style is powerful and rhythmic, strongly criticising oppressive
systems in Zimbabwe and beyond. He has performed in Zimbabwe, Kenya
and South Africa.
G.O.D. Obori
is also a leading Hip Hop artist and community activist, organising
alternative shows in poor communities where music is used as a tool
for liberation.
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