Ichi chitabo chilelanda palufyengo nomutitikisha waba muno chalo. Umwana uwali mwifumo lyakwa namayo balanshanya nechitumbi chamukote uo abantu baile mukushika. Umukote aeba umwana ukuti ekayefyalwa pachalo pantu tapaba cisuma nangu chimo. Umwana uwali mwifumo akana ati bamuleke akaye imwena. Panuma umukote nomwana ashilafyalwa basuminishanya ukuti pakuti umwana akeyemwenekesha ulufyengo lwaba muchalo, akayefyalwa chibulu. Pakulekelesha, amashiwi yamukote yafikilishiwa ilyo umwana aimwena ulufyengo lwaba muchalo...Written in magic realism, the novella exposes the absurdities of life, its injustices and hypocrisy. A corpse of an old man being taken for burial converses with an unborn child trying to persuade him not to be born in a cruel world. The child refuses to heed the advice and the two agree that the child should be born dumb and see for himself the folly of living. The old man's words prove to be true in a development of dramatic events.

Written in magic realism, the novella exposes the absurdities of life, its injustices and hypocrisy. A corpse of an old man being taken for burial converses with an unborn child trying to persuade him not to be born in a cruel world.

This volume marks the 25th anniversary of Karin Barber’s ground-breaking article, "Popular Arts in Africa", which stimulated new debates about African popular culture and its defining categories. Focusing on performances, audiences, social contexts and texts, contributors ask how African popular cultures contribute to the formation of an episteme. With chapters on theater, Nollywood films, blogging, and music and sports discourses, as well as on popular art forms, urban and youth cultures, and gender and sexuality, the book highlights the dynamism and complexity of contemporary popular cultures in sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on the streets of Africa, especially city streets where different cultures and cultural personalities meet, the book asks how the category of "the people" is identified and interpreted by African culture-producers, politicians, religious leaders, and by "the people" themselves. The book offers a nuanced, strongly historicized perspective in which African popular cultures are regarded as vehicles through which we can document ordinary people’s vitality and responsiveness to political and social transformations.

IFILIMO ICIPANDWA 8 1. Intandala Ishikabilisha Ifikunka Cinelubali (Ukusokolola 8:1-13) 2. Bushe Ifikunka fya Ntandala Cinelubali Bwishibilo fye? (Ukusokolola 8:1-13) ICIPANDWA 9 1. Icikunka ca Fuma ku Cilindi ca ku Mbo (Ukusokolola 9:1-21) 2. Kwata Icitetekelo Icashipa mu Nshita ya Kulekelesha ICIPANDWA 10 1. Bushe Walishiba Inshita Ilyo Kukaba Ukululwa? (Ukusokolola 10:1-11) 2. Bushe Walishiba Ilyo Ukululwa kwa Ba Mushilo Kukacitika? ICIPANDWA 11 1. Bushe Imiolife Ibili na Bakasesema Babili ni bani? (Ukusokolola 11:1-19) 2. Ipusukilo lya Bantu ba kwa Israele ICIPANDWA 12 1. Ulukuta lwa kwa Lesa Ulukacenwa Apakalamba ku Ntanshi (Ukusokolola 12:1-17) 2. Suminisheni Ukwipaiwa Kwenu ne Citetekelo Icashipa ICIPANDWA 13 1. Ukwima kwa kwa Mukanyakristu (Ukusokolola 13:1-18) 2. Ukumonekela kwa kwa Mukanyakristu ICIPANDWA 14 1. Amalumbo ya Bakepaiwa Abakatutubuka no Kululwa (Ukusokolola 14:1-20) 2. Bushe Finshi aba Mushilo Bengacita ku Kumonekela kwa kwa MukanyaKristu? ICIPANDWA 15 1. Aba Mushilo Aba Lumbanya Imilimo ya kwa Shikulu Isuma mu Lwelele (Ukusokolola 15:1-8) 2. Ukwakanika kwa Buyo bwa Muyayaya ICIPANDWA 16 1. Ukutendeka kwa Fikunka fya Nweno Cinelubali (Ukusokolola 16:1-21) 2. E fyo Mulingile Ukucita Ilyo Inweno Cinelubali Tashilapongololwa Ni... ICIPANDWA 17 1. Ukusekwa kwa Mwanakashi Cilende Mukalamba Uwaikala pa Menshi Ayengi (Ukusokolola 17:1-18) 2. Natubikeko Amano Yesu pa Bufwayo Bwakwe ICIPANDWA 18 1. Isonde lya Babele Naliwa (Ukusokolola 18:1-24) 2. “Fumenimo Muli Wene, Mwe Bantu Bandi, Epali Mwakumako ku Fikunka Fyakwe” ICIPANDWA 19 1. Ubufumu Ubukatekwa no Wamakayonse (Ukusokolola 19:1-21) 2. Balungami fye Ebengalolela mwi Subilo pa Kubwela kwa kwa Kristu ICIPANDWA 20 1. Icing’wena Cikakakwa ku Cilindi ca ku Mbo (Ukusokolola 20:1-15) 2. Bushe Kuti Twapita Shani Ukufuma ku Mfwa Ukuya ku Mweo? ICIPANDWA 21 1. Umusumba Uwa Mushilo Uleika Ukufuma ku Mulu (Ukusokolola 21:1-27) 2. Tufwile Ukukwata Umusango wa Citetekelo Icasuminishiwa na Lesa ICIPANDWA 22 1. Umulu Upya ne Calo, Uko Amenshi ya Mweo ya Pongoloka (Ukusokolola 22:1-21) 2. Ba Uwasekelela no Kushipa mwi Subilo lya Bukata IFYAKULUNDAPO 1. Amepusho na Masuko Abena Kristu abengi ilelo batetekela mwisambilisho lya kululwa libela ilyo takulaba ubucushi. Pa mulandu wa kuti batetekela muli ili sambilisho lya bufi ilibasambilisha ukuti bakemishiwa ilyo ukwisa kwa Bucushi Bukalamba ubwa myaka cinelubali tabulaisa, bekala ubwikashi bwa bukapepa apafye mu kwendela mu kuikumanisha abene. Lelo ukululwa kwa ba mushilo ku kacitika, pa numa fye ifikunka fya ntandala fyaya mu kupwa ukufika fye na ku cikunka calenga mutanda conse capongoloka-icili, ukululwa ku kacitika pa numa Mukanyakristu akamonekekela pa kati ilyo isonde lyonse lili icimfulumfulu kabili ilyo aba mushilo abafyalwa libili baipaiwa, kabili ilyo intandala yalenga cinelubali yalila. Ni pali iyi nshita ilyo Yesu akeka ukufuma mu mulu, kabili no kubuka kwa bafwa no kululwa kwa ba mushilo abafyalwa libili ku kacitika (1 Abena Tesalonika 4:16-17). Pali ubu bushiku, uuli onse mwi sonde akeminina pa kati ka buyo bwakwe ubwa muyayaya. Abalungami abafyalwa libili ku kutetekela mu “mbilansuma ya menshi no Mupashi” bakatutubuka no kululwa, kabili e fyo bakaba impyani ku Bufumu bwe Kana kabili no Bufumu bwa mu Mulu ubwa muyayaya, lelo ababembu abashakwanishe ukukwata icakaniko mu kututubuka kwa ntanshi ba ka kumanya ukukandwa ukukalamba kwa nweno cinelubali ishikapongololwa na Lesa no kuposwa mu mulilo wa muyayaya uwa gehena. E ico ufwile nomba ukufumamo mu masambilisho yonse aya bufi aya bukapepa no lunkumbwa ne fintu ifya fulungana ifya lino isonde, no kwingila mu Cebo ca kwa Lesa. Ndesubila no kupepa ukuti ukubelenga amabuku yandi pa mbilansuma ya menshi no Mupashi, bonse mu kapelwa ne palo lya kukwata imembu shenu ukusambwa, no kupokelela ukwisa kwa cibili ukwa kwa Shikulwifwe ukwabula umwenso. The New Life Mission https://www.bjnewlife.org

IFILIMO Amashiwi ya Ntanshi 1. Bushe ni Ncito Nshi Ishi Mikate Ishinono ne Sabi Fingabomba ku Bantu Abengi? (Yohane 6:1-15) 2. Ukutetekela muli Wene Uo Lesa Asalile E Mulimo wa Kwa Lesa (Yohane 6:16-29) 3. Bombeleni Ica kulya Iciikalilila ku Mweo wa Muyayaya (Yohane 6:16-40) 4. Ikalileni Umwalola Umupashi (Yohane 6:26-40) 5. Bombeleni Ica kulya Icishonaika Pano Calo (Yohane 6:26-59) 6. Tufwile Ukulya Umukate Uwafuma ku Muulu ku Citetekelo Mu Mbilansuma ya Menshi No Mupashi (Yohane 6:28-58) 7. Yesu Kristu, Uyo Uwaishileba Umukate wa Mweo kuli Ifwe (Yohane 6:41-51) 8. Bushe Kuti Twalya Shani Umubili wa kwa Yesu? (Yohane 6:41-59) 9. Tetekeleni muli Yesu Uwaikile Ukufuma ku Mulu nga Kapususha Wenu mu Mutima Wenu (Yohane 6:41-51) 10. Yesu Alitupeela Umweo Wa Cine Uwa Muyayaya! (Yohane 6:47-51) 11. Ifyo Twingasendamo lubali Mu Mulalilo Washila Ne Citetekelo Calungama (Yohane 6:52-59) 12. Yesu, Uwatupeela Umukate wa Mweo (Yohane 6:54-63) 13. Mufwile Ukushimikila Umubili no Mulopa Wa kwa Yesu Kuli Balupwa Lwenu (Yohane 6:51-56) 14. Bushe Finshi Tulingile Ukwikalila? (Yohane 6:63-69) 15. Tufwile Ukukwata Ubwishibilo bwa Linga Ubwa Cine (Yohane 6:60-71) Yesu Kristu Alitupeela Umweo wa Muyayaya ukupitila mu Mubili Wakwe Umwine no Mulopa Ulukuta lulakonka ifipope fibili ifyaebelwe na Yesu Kristu. Cimo lubatisho, kabili cimbi Mulalilo Washila. Tupokelela Umulalilo Washila mu kutontonkanyapo sana pa mbilansuma ya Cine iyasokoloka ukupitila mu mukate no mwangashi, mu kwibukisha kwa iyi mbilansuma. Mu lutambi lwa Mulalilo Washila, tulalya umukate mu kwibukisha kwa mubili wa kwa Yesu, no kunwa umwangashi ngo kusefya kwa mulopa Wakwe. Nge fyo, ubupilibulo bwa cine ubwa Mulalilo Washila ku kosha icitetekelo cesu mu Cine ca kuti Yesu alipususha ifwe ukufuma ku membu she sonde no kutupeela umweo wa muyayaya ukupitila mu lubatisho Lwakwe ne mfwa Yakwe pa Capindama. Lelo, ubwafya bwa kuti Abena Kristu abengi bapokelela Umulalilo Washila mu kumonekela fye, ukwabula ukwiluka ifyo Yesu alepilibula kuli ili shiwi, “Umubili wandi ca kulya cine cine, no mulopa wandi ca kunwa cine cine” (Yohane 6:55). Eico, mu kati ka mbilansuma ya menshi no Mupashi, tulekabila na kabili ukulolesha pa bupilibulo bwa cipope ca kwa Yesu ubwa kulya umubili Wakwe no kunwa umulopa Wakwe, no kutetekelamo. The New Life Mission https://www.bjnewlife.org