By the time Perpetua died alone in Australia a few years ago, she had lost contact with all relatives and old friends back here. When some of us who knew Pepe talk about her life in the Diaspora, we say it was sad to die alone like that and to be buried by friendly Maori strangers, kuvigwa nevatorwa. Then we all feel a certain discomfort or fear that getting lost in the Diaspora could have happened to any one of us. We fear the loss of our brothers, sisters, cousins and many other relatives who left Zimbabwe and are living all over the world especially in the United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada, Europe and South Africa.
They went there looking for a better life, hoping to eventually come back home to Zimbabwe one day and enjoy the fruits of their many years of labour overseas.
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