Ngoswe Kitovu Cha Uzembe -

“ Kesho , friend. Today I am conducting an important study on the flight patterns of that pigeon.”

Shabani found an old bucket, fixed a leak with a piece of plastic, and watered it at dawn. His back hurt. His eyes were gritty with sleep. But he did it again the next dawn. And the next. ngoswe kitovu cha uzembe

Shabani laughed—a dry, rattling sound. “Old man, you expect me to wake at dawn? For a seed? I have not woken at dawn since 2017, and that was because the roof fell on my head.” “ Kesho , friend

“Shabani, the water pump is broken. Come help fix it,” his neighbor, Mama Nuru, would call out. rattling sound. “Old man