Chapter 1

HODARI UFALME

Mom: Kijana ikiwa hautaamka sasa hivi ninaingia huko na ninakuja na utelezi ( Boy if you do not wake up right now I'm coming in there and i'm coming with a slipper )

That's enough to get me to wake up I quickly wake up and do everything I have to do I also pack all the things I'm going to need for my first day I get to the kitchen I eat quickly

Mom: Ikiwa hautaacha kula haraka sana utasonga halafu utakufa halafu hautaifanya ifanye kazi najua unakuwa na wasiwasi lakini utakuwa sawa ( If you don't stop eating so fast you're going to choke and then die then you won't make it to work i know you're nervous but you're going to be alright)

I don't listen to her and continue eating the food goes into the wrong pipe and I start coughing she laughs while shaking her head I drink water and say bye to her I have to find a taxi it's been 30 minutes and I still haven't found a taxi I decide to walk to the corner maybe I'll find on there when I get there I see a taxi but it's coming from the direction I came from And this is why I hate taxis but I can't request an Uber apparently it's too unsafe for them here the last time a pizza guy got robbed ever since this place is a dangerous zone I get into the taxi There's no-one inside I sigh and Get in as I'm about to close the door another taxi appears this one seems like it shorts only one person I look at the driver he's Zulu I know better I close the door he goes around the township until the taxi is full.

I'm Akil Msia Hodari I'm 21 years olds I'm a journalist today's my first day on the job and I love my job so much mostly it's because there's so much gossip in it today Rick Ross has someone's legs wrapped around his waist tomorrow big Zulu doesn't have a beard the drama does not end jiki jiki somizi is asking for ama 5 Rand from people the drama never ends that's why I love it so much nowadays it's really hard to find a job even after graduating there's a possibility that you might not get a job my mom once said maybe the career you chose Is not the one for you maybe your calling is to clean kids poop.To open a day care you'll have over 100 kids they pay R250 in a year's time you've made over R300000 but knowing how the "sad generation" is like while changing the kids diaper her nail will mistakenly break inside the poor child's ass and instead of helping the child she'll start crying saying her Louis Vuitton nails are broken the helper will come only to find out that the helper's colored