Bøker av Ndaba Sibanda

Curious Moment is a delightful and diversified present that boasts twenty- five rousing and rare short stories with a variety of genres, shades, sizes, themes and tones parceled out with precision and power.The assortment covers such timeless themes as development, hope, betrayal, motherhood, relationships, love, justice, good versus bad, rich versus poor, grace, courage and grit with a measure of honesty, beauty and bloom. It is a lovely and rich literary menu that is suited for a range of palates, places and readers.

Sibanda is a Bulawayo-born poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer who has a passion for themes and topics around conservation, nature, development and justice. He believes that he is a poet in prose, and hence he has never looked back since building and marching into the very first poetry pharmacy in the world, where poetry ... and poetry and poetics are the most tonic threesome prescriptions! Sibanda has received the following nominations: the National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA), the Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize, the Best of the Net Prose and the Pushcart Prize. Sibanda`s book Notes, Themes, Things And Other Things: Confronting Controversies, Contradictions And Indoctrinations was considered for The 2019 Restless Book Prize for New Immigrant Writing in Nonfiction. Ndaba`s book titled Cabinet Meetings: Of Big And Small Preys was considered for The Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2018. Sibanda is a three-time Pushcart nominee. He can be spotted landscaping, lurking, lounging and even lost on various and many media networks.

We all desire to live in a healthier, happier, and safer world. However, what humanity faces now are the rackets of competition, confusion and conflict. The ecological scars of climate change are a clarion call for us to change course urgently, or forever face the consequences. Ndaba Sibanda, from Zimbabwe, catches this in vivid ways. The Eastern and Southern African regions are no stranger to climate change -manifesting in droughts, depletion of biodiversity, pest infestations, increased transmission of malaria, and population displacement. Sibanda, through his rich and riveting poetry, brings to life a staggering reality which beckons humanity to be candid, reflective and regenerative. The book brings to life the diversity of Africa and the challenges it faces in an unforgettable way.

The beauty of love was in the air. I felt its beat thundering, burning and melting into my heart with a startling ferocity. It drew my heart to her heart and gave birth to a new fusion. In my dreams and thoughts, it murmured those rhythms of everlasting togetherness whose fire is fearless. I perched on its wings and wheels when I was far from her, and her nearness sang in full swing, in praise of a warmth that conquers the vagaries of her weather, her seasons and reasons. In her absence, I was haunted by a certain addictive hunger. I desired to be completed and healed by her closeness. There was an emptiness I could not bear or escape from. In my heart I banished the cyclicity with which our heated arguments occurred. Such contentions and shouts were consigned to the dustbin of past times. I was convinced that the road ahead had no blind turns or sharp humps.

This is an intriguing book that touches on magic and realism by author Ndaba Sibanda. It focuses on the stress that people feel when they are trying to obtain financial security in a trying economy, family relationships and language barriers.

The Virtual Landscape is a collection of poetry that is focused on the fact that the world has been under siege for all of 2020. How do we survive? What happens next? Can we stay safe? Can we stay positive? Can we be productive under these harrowing circumstances? Written in poetic form, this book answers those questions!

This beautiful work of poetry concerns a group of artists and attendees at a gallery who are marveling at a painting titled: Our Cooking Needs To Be Right And Out-and-Out. Everyone interprets art differently.Her painting was breathing, bright but brutally direct I froze immersed in the visual excitement of its dialect. Titled Our Cooking Needs To Be Right And Out-And-Out Its color combinations crisp and clear, it simply stood out.He tore off like a cheetah was his cousin...or better still, his personal athletic trainer.

A Different Ballgame: A Happy Harvest is the latest short poetry collection from acclaimed author Ndaba Sibanda. Poems about life, love, sadness and happiness will inspire you, move you and bring you to tears. They are SpecialWith a love essential,They and only they have love that knowsNo time, hardship, distance, disability or old age.Because, a mother's love is the epitome of perseverance.

To those who have walked through thick and thin without losing hope and focus. A man's mettle is constantly under the microscope of test and time. For, man is forever faced with the daunting task of rising above his plethora of adversities and infirmities and turning them into histories, glories and victories. Those are the definitive lifetime battles often wished away, yet there is spirit and strength of character in winning them rather than whining about them. Hare and Elephant were hauled to a court of justice. The ten-member jury had insects, birds, reptiles and animals in it. Bat presided over the deliberations. Every bird, every reptile, every animal and every insect watched the proceedings with keen interest. What would the outcome be and would they survive?

Ndaba Sibanda hits another home-run with his poetry collection, Sometimes Seasons Come With Unseasonal Harvests. Poems centered around nature and the natural coincide with poems that will inspire the reader.

Child marriages often occur in remote parts of the country where essential civil service is elusive and perpetrators are rarely brought to justice. Girls typically get married by virtue of pressure from parents, relatives, poverty and a lack of choices and chances. The United Nations estimates that child marriages will cost developing countries trillions of dollars by 2030. Child marriages are a cancer that is gradually eating away the vital organs of a country. The social and economic make-up of a country is under strain due to unfulfilled dreams of a youthful age group that should be the working class in a country's demography. This then encourages the vicious circle of poverty that children born by mothers bound in such unions find themselves in. Education is key to their personal and professional success and freedom.

President Ramaphosa stated, "Land is a very broad, as well as a complex issue, and it has to be handled very delicately because around land there is quite a lot of emotion".This is an incisive, relevant book which tackles recent, and sometimes explosive issues like the land reform and expropriation in South Africa and the outbreaks of xenophobia in same country.The essays also delve into such contentious issues as the continued exploitation of the African women and children, the need for Africa to build strong a tradition of strong institutions as opposed to strong personalities. The book highlights and celebrates the exemplary economic accomplishments scored by some of Africa`s sons and daughters in the 21st century. Considered for the 2019 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing in Nonfiction. A monumental work that delves into parental and societal intrigues. Thenjiwe Qhawekazi Gumede

There is a sea of challenges facing humanity, yet some people have gone for convenience instead of magnificence. Whenever my sight is blurred, and my judgement flawed, please show me the way. The obstacles will have to give way, for there is NO other way.

Ndaba Sibanda, from Zimbabwe, has co-authored more than thirty published books. He was a 2005 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) nominee, compiled and edited Its Time (2006), and Free Fall (2017), and the recipient of a Starry Night ART School scholarship in 2015.