This is actually one of my best songs from Pengaudzoke because I once walked 50km from Masvingo to Nerupiri at night in the rain. I was coming from a funeral kwaChivi and had my O level Shona exam the following morning.
The one ZUPCO I was waiting for failed to pitch. Waited until around 6pm, then Mr Vuta who was also my Geo teacher suggested we walk from Rujeko to the Nerupiri turnoff and hitch hike. We got to the turn off and waited for a few , then we decided to walk along the road hoping for something on the way. We were about 6, the other fellows were going mana Masvingise & Rupiri.
Nothing came along. We kept walking and it started raining. We reached Pokoteke river around 2am and it had rained bad & the river was about to overflow. To make matters worse, we had taken a short cut. Nobody knew how deep that part of the river was. We didn’t even know if there were crocodiles.
It was dark and scary but we managed. We reached Nerupiri around 4am. I was drenched and tired. Every piece of my body was aching. My ankles were swollen. 8am I was at school. That is why that A in Shona is the most important of them all.
