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Aug 18, 2012 -
Keys in the River is a cycle of stories about economically-

challenged, politically-torn, and disease-ridden Zimbabwe, told as if the reader were sitting and listening to neighbors and friends talking about life. Some stories are tender, even comic; in others, tragedy and outrage lurk. The stories share a common thread, a noble stance in the struggle to find love, freedom, justice, completeness, and satisfaction.

The author, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, was born in 1973, in Nyanga, Nyatate, Mapfurira village, in the remote eastern highlands of Zimbabwe. He is the author of "Voices from Exile," a collection of poetry on Zimbabwe's political situation and exile in South Africa (Lapwing Publications, 2010). He has written numerous articles and won several awards. "Logbook Written by a Drifter," and "Voices from Exile" were both short-listed for the Erbecce Press Poetry Prize in 2011 and 2009, respectively. He was nominated for a Pushcart Award twice, once in 2008, and again in 2010, as well as commended for the Dalro Prize in 2008. He has published over 200 short stories, essays, memoirs, poems and visual art productions in over 100 magazines, journals, and anthologies in the following countries: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Kenya, India, Italy, France, Spain, Cyprus, Australia and New Zealand. He lives and stays in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe.

"In the spirit of self-promotion and with a wink and a playful smile, I recommend to you 'Keys in the River'," says Mwanaka. "Put on some good music, place some tasty food within reach, then let yourself sink into the stories. Let the ideas growl within your consciousness. Challenge all your perceptions about Africa and Zimbabwe until even your new perspective becomes a howling, mangy dog. Now you know modern Africa. I prescribe 'Keys in the River' is the best medication for people suffering from this exhausting, frustrating and high-strung twenty-first-century world."

"Keys in the River" by Tendai Mwanaka - 252 pages - 5.25" x 8" Pocketbook - Color Softcover. ISBN 978-0-9852506-2-1. Suggested retail price $16.95. Released in August 2012 by Savant Books and Publications, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

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USE ME WELL

Women...weapon-less women

Rushing at me on horses

Waving hands dripping blood.

The river tumbling in the distance

In a village mud-hut

I like this view

But not the furnishings.

Feelings inviting self-indulgence

That’s how I compose my love

A peculiar design for love.

I am pregnant with my love

I will die giving birth to it

How so, like a woman.

Part of my love dwells underneath

That part reacts

She is that part within me.

She knows me so well

Like a woman knows her man

I despair of her

Ever understanding me.

She so loves me...

Without knowing, thinking

What is it to be her?

She has no wherewithal of

She is like shouted words

I spoke them

No one heard them

Perhaps someone would hear them

Silence is loved by silence!

She uses love as a persuader

Even when she spites me

And use me well...

For, I cherish her

Boldness is distraction

Walking in the open

Is not love’s tradition

It is not a word for men.

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