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'Karigamombe has fallen' - A short sketch
Alex Magaisa
August 13, 2008
Scene:
Harare, Zimbabwe, Corner Samora Machel Avenue and Julius
Nyerere Way, three people standing, Prudence, Fanwell a.k.a Funny
and Reason.
| Prudence |
Karigamombe
has fallen! Did you hear? |
| Funny |
Are you
sure? Who said that? |
| Prudence |
I am serious.
Ask Reason. |
| Funny |
Reason,
who told you that Karigamombe has fallen? |
| Reason |
Yes it's
true. They said Karigamombe fell last night. |
| Funny
|
Who said? |
| Prudence |
Didn't
you hear? I thought you had a television. Don't you have
access to the internet? |
| Reason
|
You are
so yesterday, my friend! It's everywhere! Everyone is
saying Karigamombe fell last night. You are the only one in
Jerusalem who does not know what has happened! |
| Prudence |
He does.
He has everything - TV, Internet, buys the papers . . .
but he is here professing ignorance! You're playing with
our minds, boy. |
| Reason |
So how
come he doesn't know? Oi, how come you don't know
what everyone else knows? Ask all these people passing by -
bet you even that old beggar knows Karigamombe fell last night! |
| Funny |
You talk
too much, guys. But tell me, where are we right now? |
| Reason |
Harare!
You know we are in Harare. Why do you ask silly questions? Maybe,
that's why you don't know that Karigamombe fell
last night. Everyone has heard it except you. You worry me,
young man - you used to be an intelligent fellow, up-to-date
with news and all but these days, Goodness Gracious! you have
become so out of touch with reality - you think too much,
that's why! |
| Funny |
No, I mean
where are we standing right now? Is that hard to answer? |
| Prudence |
Is that
not obvious? I thought you are the one who called and said let's
meet paKarigamombe? That's why we are here and now you
ask where are we? Trying to run away from the issue, are we? |
| Funny |
So, tell
me my friends, if Karigamombe fell last night, as you say you
have seen everywhere, on TV, on the Internet, from friends and
impeccable sources, when exactly did Karigamombe rise again?
Because, as you yourself have just said, we are here at Karigamombe.
Or is it a modern-day miracle, that Karigamombe fell just last
night and has now risen so swiftly? |
| Reason |
No wait,
let me check my Blackberry (pause while he scrolls on his
Blackberry and continues, face lit up with excitement)
- Here - Look! Reuters says Karigamombe is, in fact, still
standing. They have heard from a source very close to Karigamombe
that Karigamombe is still standing. And here, also AP have it
from an impeccable source that Karigamombe is still standing. |
| Prudence |
They must
be right. These are reliable sources - even the BBC, CNN,
and that other new channel, al Jazeera - they all had it as
breaking news late last night. Maybe there is a mole who fed
them wrong information. |
| Funny |
(A
heavy sigh) But are we not here, my friends, standing at
Karigamombe? |
| Reason |
No wait,
I will call my friend at the private newspaper to see if he
can confirm that Karigamombe is really still there. He usually
has very reliable and impeccable sources to call upon for inside
information . . . (Funny begins to walk away, shaking
his head and mumbling to himself, "Where is this
world coming to? . . . .") ... Ey! Funny-boy, don't
you want to wait for the confirmation? |
* You can contact
Alex Magaisa on a.t.magaisa@kent.ac.uk
or wamagaisa@yahoo.co.uk
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