Mkhululi Mpofu was raised in Zimbab

Mkhululi Mpofu was raised in Zimbabwe. After graduating from Marlborough High School, he
traveled to England and studied at the University of Worchester. He works as an independent
writer focusing on issues faced by immigrants from African countries. He is the editor of
Zimdiaspora, an online magazine, and is working on a novel “Adventures of an African
Immigrant.” He lives in Wolverhampton, England with his family.
The piercing yellow rays of the morning sun flooded his room through the frayed lace
curtains and jolted Brian awake. He woke up with the biggest grin on his face. He had been
waiting for this morning. Being thirteen meant he was a teenager. He inhaled the crisp morning
air filling his lungs with the rich country oxygen. He pumped out his chest as he drew aside the
thin curtains. He was visiting his grandparents in the country. It was his favorite place to be. He
didn’t like the city, but his parents wanted him to learn city ways. Today Brian thought only of
the beautiful morning in the village. The chirping birds on the thorny shrub outside his room
serenaded him like they were singing for his birthday. He put on the clothes he wore during his
holidays. The khaki shorts were tight and his fading brown shoes could no longer hold his
bulging toes.
Outside he could hear the older boys struggling to yoke the young bulls onto the front of
the scotch cart (a small wagon). He could hear Bernard, his grandfather’s worker, trying to
control the bulls with a low calming whistle. He imagined the bulls huffing and snorting while
they dodged the yoke (heavy collar) playfully, and he could tell by the distinctive clanging of
Bokfel‘s bell that he was giving Bernard a hard time. Bokfel, the blonde hornless heifer bull, was
known to make you sweat a bit before he agreed to be yoked. Bokfel would throw his head in the
air while shuffling backwards. When he was very belligerent, spray from his nose would hit your
face. One holiday time, Brian’s grandfather let him go with Bernard on a trip. He remembered
how he walked for two days bringing Bokfel back to the village. He had volunteered to travel
with Bernard and was very excited about the adventure. Their meals for the two days consisted
mainly of bread with the soft part dug out, filled with either baked beans or corned beef. They
had soft drinks as the liquid accompaniment for the dry meal. His grandfather had entrusted
Bernard with the meal money since he was older. Brian remembered thinking that Bernard
lacked a fun and adventurous spirit and did not buy biscuits or sweets. Bernard kept a tight
control on the money. He remembered how he hated Bernard on that journey. Brian’s
grandfather had instructed them to stop over at Ndlovuseka Mantongane’s house, some distant
relatives, both on the way there and on the way back. At the house they were given a sorghum

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Mkhululi Mpofu alilelewa katika Zimbabwe. Baada ya kufuzu kutoka Marlborough High School, yeye
alisafiri kwenda Uingereza na alisoma katika Chuo Kikuu cha Worchester. Yeye anafanya kazi kama kujitegemea
mwandishi kulenga katika masuala wanakabiliwa na wahamiaji kutoka nchi za Afrika. Yeye ni mhariri wa
Zimdiaspora, gazeti online, na ni kazi ya riwaya "Adventures ya African
Wahamiaji. "Yeye anaishi katika Wolverhampton, Uingereza na familia yake.
kutoboa rays ya jua njano asubuhi mafuriko chumba yake kwa njia ya ukanda frayed
mapazia na jolted Brian macho. Aliamka na grin kubwa juu ya uso wake. Alikuwa
kusubiri kwa asubuhi hii. Kuwa kumi maana alikuwa kijana. Yeye kuvuta pumzi crisp asubuhi
hewa kujaza mapafu yake na nchi tajiri oksijeni. Yeye pumped nje ya kifua chake kama yeye jitenga
mapazia nyembamba. Yeye alikuwa kutembelea babu yake nchini. Ilikuwa nafasi yake favorite kuwa. Yeye
hakuwa na kama mji, lakini wazazi wake alimtaka kujifunza njia ya mji. Leo Brian walidhani tu ya
asubuhi nzuri katika kijiji. ndege chirping juu ya kichaka mwiba nje ya chumba chake
serenaded yake kama wao walikuwa wakiimba kwa siku yake ya kuzaliwa. Yeye kuvaa nguo yeye walivaa wakati wake
wa likizo. kaptula khaki walikuwa tight na viatu vyake fading rangi hakuweza tena kushikilia yake
vidole bulging.
Nje aliweza kusikia wavulana wakubwa wanajitahidi nira ng'ombe wachanga kwenye mbele ya
scotch gari (gari ndogo). Aliweza kusikia Bernard, mfanyakazi babu yake, kujaribu
kudhibiti ng'ombe na ya chini kutuliza filimbi. Yeye kufikiri ng'ombe huffing na mkoromo wakati
wao umeliandama nira (collar nzito) playfully, na hakuweza kueleza kwa upatu tofauti ya
kengele Bokfel kwamba yeye alikuwa anatoa Bernard wakati mgumu. Bokfel, blonde hornless ndama dume, alikuwa
anajulikana kwa kufanya wewe jasho kidogo kabla ya yeye alikubali kuwa nira. Bokfel bila kutupa kichwa chake katika
hewa wakati shuffling nyuma. Wakati yeye alikuwa belligerent sana, dawa kutoka pua yake ingekuwa hit yako
uso. Moja ya likizo ya muda, babu Brian basi kwenda na Bernard juu ya safari. Alikumbuka
jinsi yeye kutembea kwa siku mbili kuleta Bokfel kurudi kijijini. Alikuwa alijitolea kusafiri
na Bernard na alikuwa msisimko sana kuhusu adventure. Milo yao kwa siku mbili ilihusisha
hasa ya chakula na sehemu laini akachimba nje, kujazwa na ama Motoni maharage au nyama corned. Wao
alikuwa vinywaji kama ledsagas kioevu kwa ajili ya chakula kavu. Babu yake alikuwa waliokabidhiwa
Bernard na fedha mlo vile yeye alikuwa wakubwa. Brian ikumbukwe kufikiri kuwa Bernard
walikosa furaha na adventurous roho na hawakuwa kununua biskuti au pipi. Bernard naendelea tight
udhibiti juu ya fedha. Alikumbuka jinsi yeye kuchukiwa Bernard juu ya safari. Brian
babu alivyowaagiza kuacha juu ya saa ya nyumba Ndlovuseka Mantongane, baadhi ya mbali
jamaa, wote juu ya njia pale na juu ya njia ya nyuma. Katika nyumba walipewa mtama