Sat, 06 May 2017 15:18:13 +0000 Perseverance and reaching for greatness I know many young people in Zambia love to listen to Hip hop music. Many young men particularly like RAP (Rhythm and Poetry). There is a rap group called the Big Tymers that did a song entitled Everything. There’s a particular line that caught my attention at the start of one of the verses which goes as follows: ‘Six years ago, a friend of mine said it’s goin rain before the sun shine, some gonna leave, some gonna follow; and some gonna spit, some gonna swallow.’ You’ll have to excuse my spelling dear reader but I was simply trying to spell the words in accordance with the way our black American brothers sometimes speak both in music and conversation. This notwithstanding, I’d like you to reflect on the words. A journey began six years ago when somebody decided to go on a voyage to […]
