Heed The Bitter Cry Of A Boy Child

Monday, September 03, 2018

On my drive home from work on Wednesday, I tuned on to Duma FM to catch the weekly dose of Recton Mazhani’s Meet the Overcomers programme. I caught it mid-way, just when the guest was speaking of the pain of growing up without a father.

The bitterness of his voice was so real when he described what and how the boy child goes through in life, without the guidance and love of a biological father.

The guest, a young musician by the name of Boyson Mokone AKA G-word, described how the absence of father led him to wayward life, so much that as a form Two student, though a talented rapper, he was already doing drugs.

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Heed The Bitter Cry Of A Boy Child

On my drive home from work on Wednesday, I tuned on to Duma FM to catch the weekly dose of Recton Mazhani’s Meet the Overcomers programme. I caught it mid-way, just when the guest was speaking of the pain of growing up without a father.

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