Biography of binwell sinyangwe

  • Binwell Sinyangwe is a Zambian novelist writing in English.
  • Binwell Sinyangwe (born 1956) is a Zambian novelist writing in English.
  • Birthdate: 1956 ; Date of death: 2013 ; Gender: male ; Nationality: Zambia ; Country (for map): Zambia.
  • Binwell Sinyangwe

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    This was a beautifully written story and I ached for the protagonist, a desperately poor Zambian woman who only wants to see her daughter get an education and have a better life than she did. Nasula's daughter is an excellent student who graduated at the top of her class from the local school and got admission to a prestigious high school, but Nasula needs to come up with 100,000 kwacha to pay for her daughter's school fees, and she has not a penny in the world. So she decides to go from her show more remote village to Zambia's capital, Lusaka, to sell the only thing of value she has -- a 90kg sack of beans which are rare and much sought after in Lusaka. The beans should bring a price of 120,000 kwacha, enough to pay the school tuition, buy school supplies and get back home to the village. Unfortunately, within hours of Nasula's arrival in Lusaka, the beans are stolen, leaving her at a loss and her daughter without a future.

    Unfortunately, I don't think the end of the story is terribly realistic. The moral seems to be that if you have pure motives and persevere, you will find powerful people in high positions who are scrupulously honest and eager to help you. I don't know a lot about Africa but I do