Monday, 27 August 2018

IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS - AN ACCOUNT OF LIVES IMPACTED BY 'EVERYDAY ADVERSITIES.' PART 21.












'Like death and bereavement, at times when we are experiencing what seems like 'our worse nightmares.'  We tend not to be aware of the fact that, 'our worse nightmares' are in fact no more than everyday adversities which many other people are having to contend with.'

Mfanyazaki also remembered how he recoiled on his son and held him responsible for bring the shame on the family by his behaviour.

Mfanyazaki would also remembered the night when their son, Kazaliwa, came home late one night, without his glasses. 

Upon making enquiries of him, Kazaliwa told his parents that he had been attacked and beaten up by several men. 




Who had repeated kicked him while he was on the gound, and had broken his glasses. 


Kazaliwa informed his parents that he did not want to report it to the police, and that he would deal with it himself.


At the time, Kazaliwa’s parents really had not idea what he meant by sayinng ‘he would deal with it.’ 

But they did contemplate how he might have lost his eyes or his already seriously impaired vision being made worse. 




More immediately, they had to consider getting him another set of glasses. 
When they reflected on this incident in the years to come, Mfanyazaki and Nzuri would be struck by the typical gangster phraseology of, “I will deal with it”, which their son had used. 

They already knew that their son was quite deep in criminality, but not really how deed he was, even at that stage.

There would be many incidents like this one, in Kazaliwa’s life, on this particular journey, in the years to come.  

Some of which would not be as serious, and others of greater magnitude. 

To be continued!












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