By Field Ruwe EdD
“Field, if Jesus Christ returned to earth today and held a press conference and you were among the chosen few to ask him a question, what one question would you ask him?” A White dear friend asked primly.
Silence stretched out for a few seconds and with it I felt the twinges of pain at the base of my skull. Hot tears fought for room in my eyes. I pondered with a deliberation that came not only from my soul but also from the souls of the countless black individuals on earth.
For a flash moment, I heard hundreds of my ancestors on the lower deck of the slave ship shackled in pairs, in unsanitary conditions singing; “Why was I born a man…to make a brute!
Why am I a slave? O God, save me…deliver me! Let me be free! [I shall not live and die as a slave.] I will not stand it. Get caught, or get clear, I’ll try it…I had [rather get] killed running as die standing.” All the while sharks followed the ship to feed off those thrown aboard, shouting“Let me be free! Is there any God? Why am I a slave? O God, save me! God, deliver me!” I envisioned their bodies scavenged by marine organism; their bones dissolved at deep at the end. I
wondered what I would ask Jesus.
How about you? What would you ask Jesus?
To be continued in the new year.
Field, the scenario presented by your friend would not occur and even your reflections of slavery lamentations will/would not occur. The scenario made dipicts the current and here now perception. Non of these have an opportunity to present themselves, if Jesus Christ returned to earth today. To be continued in the New Year.
You miss the point
One can see, in Field Ruwe’s style of writing, the difference between our KK educated Zambians and the post KK educated ones. Nowadays we are given as articles, garbage of all kinds when all the writer did was gather some English words together and dump them on us.
LT can you get pros like Ruwe to conduct workshops for your staff in the new year? High on the attendance register should be
1 Shaddon Chanda
2 Bill Kapinga
3 The reporter of the Chido Cyclone
4 The one who reports Musokotwane’s stories-these stories need to be simplified and broken down.
5 etc
My wife thinks even your regular posters like Spaka should be invited because some readers(psst like her) log in just to read these posts.