This is Adonia Machekeza, his wife Jane Bonda and their child. Machekeza who is blind met Bonda when she helped him cross the road at Mata...
This is Adonia Machekeza, his wife Jane Bonda and their
child. Machekeza who is blind met Bonda when she helped him cross the road at
Mataga Growth Point.
The couple has three children. But both their families have
refused to accept their union.
“Our own relatives discriminate against us and both
families have refused to bless our marriage. But we are in love and happy,” Machekeza
told The Herald.
“When I married my husband, everyone in my family
disapproved arguing he couldn’t help me
out owing to his condition. They wanted me to leave him because they thought
with my own condition, I would be exposed even further since it meant I should
be the bread winner.
“My parents and other relatives even refused to accept her
husband’s little token of appreciation as part of lobola. Their argument was
that they could not take money from a man who is visually impaired and already
struggling with life,” said Bonda
“When I indicated to my family that I was marrying Bonda
despite her condition they asked me to pack and go, so driven by my love for
her, I moved out and approached the village head who in turn allocated me a
small piece of land to stay.
“I am a mbira musician and I only need some support with instruments so that I can grow my music,” he said.
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