Actor Tinopona Katsande has said there is no synopsis to life and people should learn to be their own counsellor.
Katsande made the remarks at the launch of A Journey in Confusion, a curation of seven short stories on women telling their own stories about the need to put gender-based violence to a stop.
A Journey in Confusion book launch was a second celebration of the YeHofi Arts Hub which was founded by Chenai Faith Rumbidzai Dunduru after the launch of the poetry anthology Dudu Muduri last year.
“Life has no synopsis; I stand here today as a cervical cancer survivor. It’s not about my ingenuity but God’s Grace and Mercy. I was diagnosed in time. I am begging men to remind their wives and spouses to go for regular checkups for cervical cancer,” Katsande said.
“When men support their wives, it would mean that a disease like cancer would soon be a thing of the past. Cervical cancer is the only cancer treatable through vaccine. Let’s open up on our problems in every space that we’re in. For us to be able to overcome these problems let’s learn to forgive and forget.”
Dunduru, pen name Rumbi Chen, and co-author Sherlyn Chigiji Chimuto edited A Journey in Confusion.
Seven anonymous storytellers unleash their discontent to delayed provision of lasting solutions to the treatment of harmful cultural practices, sexual irresponsibility, and physical assault through narratives entitled Frustration, Santa Barbra, Let The Kids Be Kids, Grow and Learn, Better Must Come, Dreams of Brighter Days and Love is Wicked.
All narratives are written and entangled in emblematic and captivating language which provokes debate and shapes mind-sets on the need to nurture and maintain happy families and consequently terminating and abandoning all forms of gender-based violence.
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