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Unsung but Unforgotten

Unsung but Unforgotten

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Another insight into the intriguing township tales of yesteryear. Sylvia, (aka Mama Abi), the self-styled custodian of the ghetto morals, rules her roost with absolute sovereignty. Her children live in total submission and know not to contravene her code of conduct. Her 'Iron Lady' demeanour however, inadvertently creates a chasm between her and her husband Njoro, who then resorts to the so called 'extra-curricular' liaisons, in order to compensate for the deprivation of his conjugal rights. Sylvia, while lambasting her husband for his infidelity, plays the hypocrite when she succumbs to the carnal demands of her womanhood. She engages in an illicit affair and harbours a secret which only time reveals, after a rather strange sequence of events. Was it fate or mischief she wondered...? Football, with its plethora of talented players like George Shaya, Shaw Handriade, Majuta Mpofu, David Muchineripi and Shaky Tauro, becomes the equivalent of religion, with men, young and old, bowing unreservedly at its altar.
Kamnolo, Sylvia's son, whom she loved and hated in equal measures, becomes disillusioned with the multi-layered conflicts within his family, and inevitably ends up experiencing his fair share of township misdemeanours. As much as it is an account of a dysfunctional family who seemed to thrive on high expressed emotion and conflict, this story is also a testament to the carthatic power of love and forgiveness.
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  • Paperback | 287 pages
  • 148 x 210mm
  • Shieldcrest
  • United Kingdom
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  • 1911090275
  • 9781911090274
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About Stanley A. Vambe

Stanley Augustine Vambe was born in Harare, Zimbabwe (then Salisbury-Rhodesia) in the sixties. He is the eighth-born in a family of ten, and experienced the highs and lows of township survival, famously coined ghetto living during the colonial era. Stanley takes great pride in his mother Mabheti's resilience and industriousness, which enabled her to raise him and his siblings almost single-handedly on meagre resources. Due to his childhood experiences, Stanley has coined his own cliche 'Where there is determination, there is always a breakthrough'. Stanley is a qualified mental health nurse working as a Care coordinator for an NHS Trust and is married to his beautiful wife Lucia, and has two teenage sons, Kudzi and Kuda. He loves to play the guitar, bass and a few other instruments. He almost became a professional footballer had anxiety not wreaked havoc on that 'day of reckoning'. Against the backdrop of Zimbabwean footballing legends, Stanley explores some of the ignominies that are intrinsically etched into township lifestyle.
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