The Sunday News
Nigel Siziba, Sunday Life Reporter
THERE shall always be that voice that will tell you how you are wasting your time and ability, how you shall fail, how some tried and failed, why your prevailing slips are indications of your future doom, why you are unworthy to dare, why your background mismatches your vision and aspiration.
That is the tale of Target Ndlovu (28) from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North who published his first book titled Emotional Blackmail.
His book is based on protecting lives of animals, how they die, not because of poachers only but also through the role played by the killing of animals for trade without valuing their lives and other causes which are not natural.
“I am very happy because this is my first book and I am also motivated to do more. At first I thought it was going to be impossible considering the remote place where I come from. My book does not have age limit, anyone can read it as long as they have the ability to read and it will be interesting for people who have a deeper understanding on animals like me,” said Ndlovu.
He further explained what inspired him to write this book.
“I chose the title Emotional Blackmail because my book seeks to trigger reader’s conscience to value lives of animals and there are lots of emotions in the book that will leave one feeling like they are being blackmailed. I fell in love with animals when I was working at Hwange National Park under a board called Lion Research Project, thus I had to tell a story of my experience.
I am humbled to be holding this book because my road has been rocky because of the place I wrote this book in (Tsholotsho).
In rural areas there is no internet for easy research and as a writer you have to be equipped with information so I had to board a bus so that I can have access to internet and also try to meet the right people who can help me in Bulawayo until I finished my book,” he said.
Ndlovu gave thanks to all those who helped him achieve his goal including Mehluli Ndlovu his brother, Passmore Moyo, and Zimbabwe Academic and Non-Fiction Authors Association (Zana) members.
