BEING A WOMAN IN AFRICA

'KWA MARABU'

If something really traumatic happens in your life, small problems will not shake you, take it from me. As I speak today, small things do not shake me. That is who I am today, I get inspiration from positive-thinking people and out of every situation I dig deep for something positive from it.

I wrote about some of the traumatic things I experienced (in the book 'Being A Woman in Africa). If you follow Rosewitta closely, maybe you will learn more about the real life 'me.'

It doesn't matter who you are – educated, uneducated, rich, poor, high or middle class (this class thing is an English thing. I strongly subscribe to the fact that class structures are social constructs. So to me classes do not exist, but exist in people's minds). Some life experiences can take you to the rubbish dump. We call it 'kwaMarabu,' in Zim lingo. So at one time, I was there, 'kwaMarabu,' scavenging - in a figurative sense. I saw that I was going downhill – 'kumawere.' I had to dig deep to salvage myself. I sought inspiration from anyone and anything – young boys and girls, from the good Pastor, from nature – from anything. I read the Bible from cover to cover, I became what they call 'a Bible-basher.' The recovery was slow and painful, but somehow my self-taught methods worked.

After all this, I'm glad to say my life has completely changed after realizing that “life is short,” to be negative - see page 112 of 'Being A Woman in Africa.' This is one good lesson that life threw at me and a message contained in my book.

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With the response I have had so far - the dialogue, more enquiries about the book and deeper questions about my life story, book purchases, donations to charity etc - I am one happy African woman!

Please do get in touch if you need further information - on my twitter account, facebook page or via the Charityhope Trust website., or on about.me/ruth.pink. My book is available on this e-bay for charity link:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=291010233402 

I will probably have one more post before the end of year. Let's count all our 2013 blessings! In the meantime enjoy the festive season to the max. Don't drink and drive!

Ruth Pink xx