Short stories are meant to introduce you to an author & to evoke a particular emotion or mood in you & this book did just that. It introduced me to an amazing Zimbabwean author, the stories of her people (past & present) but also to the concept of 'Afrofuturism', a vast ocean that I have just 'tapped my toe into'. As a 'Sarungana', she tells us stories of the women in her country whose contribution to the fight against colonialism were never mentioned, what one has to give up in exchange of citizenship in a foreign country, the expectations of parents that their children shall always be 'the head & not the tail' (to mean only first place is accepted), how women have no ownership of their bodies even after death, the concept of time (now & before)…

We are also reminded in this book of themes that we are grappling with currently like patriarchy, violence against women, racism, exploitation of humans & of the environment, corruption, white supremacy, financial exploitation & many more. 'Lest we forget' that the generation before us forged through the same & maybe even the one after us will have to too (hopefully not)!

This book is both a reminder & a lesson for the future (Zamani & Sasa) that I enjoyed reading.