PSA: Allow Me to Re-introduce Myself  

Written By Lynda-Rose Chapeyama

Allow Me to Re-introduce Myself ………….

 

Ini ndinoitwa ( I am ) Lynda-Rose Rufaro  

Shumba Samaita Mutasa 

Chiremba ( doctor ) Chapeyama - Murapi 

Mwana ( the child… of ) waOliver naJoyi – Muzukuru ( the grandchild… of ) waNason naRudo, waFanuel naJunia 

Sisi ( the sister… of ) vaMatida.....Matida akaba mukadzi waMambo....and Sisi and mainini ( mother ) to others: some whom I know, others whom I do not yet know

Ndinoitwa ( I am ) Mai Rechter ….... Amai ( the Mother….. of) vaTafadzwa naRudo Rachel 

Ini ndiri Tete Lynda veVasikana vekwaChapeyama! ( I am the auntie of the Chapeyama girls! ) 

 

It took me a while, but I finally know how to tell you about who I am 

If you come to meet me, I will show you who I am 

I am a helping hand, a voice in the darkness, a fire starter

I believe there is a light at the end of every tunnel – I have walked through enough tunnels to now know that this is Truth

You must walk through your tunnels alone, but I will help you hear the voices of those cheering you on, even as you walk

I believe there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 

I am a little bit of hope, and when you can’t find where you left your own – I will hold space while you search for it  - it will be in the last place you look 

 

I have known Mercy, Grace and Compassion from others; I am learning to gift these to myself 

Perhaps we can learn together? 

There is so much that I now know to be true, and so much more I have to learn 

I am learning to slow down. I am learning to rest. 

I know how to love, for I have been loved......and continue to be loved…… 

I am learning to lift my head and look to the Hills, from whence comes my Help  

Psalm 121 

I am learning to doctor – I now know that I shall forever be learning to doctor - knowing deeply that it is a ‘doing’ word; not a ‘being’ word 

Doctor 

from the Latin verb docēre [dɔˈkeːrɛ]: 'to teach' 

If anyone asks you who I am; tell them: 

I am a Lion – Shumba Samaita Mutasa 

I am Chiremba Chapeyama, Murapi  

Tell them they can come and meet me; and I will show them who I am 

Tell them I look forward to meeting them, and that when they show me who they are; I will believe them.

This is because I know the words of Maya Angelou: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time” 

It’s Lovely to meet you here.

Now let’s go – we’ve got work to do 😊 

 

(Rufaro means JOY In the language of the MaShona people of Zimbabwe) 

 

Nhetembo: Shumba Samaita Mutasa 

Maita Tembo 
Maita Mutasa 
Mbizi chivara 
Manjenjenje 
Chishongo cherenje 
Gandarevasikana 
Kuringa mbizi kuringa makumbo kumusoro kuvaraidza 
 

Maita vari Manyika 
Vari Chirovarova 
Vari Mahwemasimike 
Maita Binga Gwara 
Chifambausiku 
Mutasa akachekwa 
Zuva rikaora 

Kahari G P (1984), Cultural Identity and Cross-Cultural Communication: Problems of Translation, Zambezia, 1984-5, Volume XII, pp. 55 - 73 

https://africanpoems.net/praise/praise-poem-of-the-shumba-tembo-samaita/ 

 

 

Lynda-Rose Chapeyama