My Pain, Your Pain

About the Book

My Pain, Your Pain is a scintillating poetry book consisting of fifty-four poems that are written from the bottom of the heart. The poems cover a range of universal themes such as human pain, oppression, suffering, nature’s lamentations, African consciousness, and whispering voices. The poems are living stories about the trials and tribulations of mankind in our contemporary world; and in some ways, they portray a pathetic lack of restraint in our power relations. No doubt some of the poems prick our conscience, evoke our sense of guilt, court our sympathy, raise our levels of consciousness, shake the very foundations of our values, and—at the same time—give us hope in the midst of despair. The book is thoroughly captivating, ensnaring, and intoxicating, which breathes fresh air in a world fixated on science and technology.

About the Author

Ambrose Bruce Chimbganda was born in the north east of Zimbabwe where he did his primary education and later went to Hartzell Secondary School near Mutare. After completing his “O” and “A” Level through private studies, he joined the liberation struggle and later went to the University of Zambia where he obtained a B.A. Ed. with distinction. He later obtained a Post-graduate Diploma and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Zimbabwe, an MSc in ELT Management from Surrey University in the UK and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Rhodes University in South Africa. He is a Professor of English Language Education who has published many research articles on ESL learning and teaching and is the winner of the 2007 Thomas Pringle Award of the English Academy of Southern Africa. His academic text, Information Processing Skills was published in 2010 and this was followed by his novel, Sunset in the Morning in 2015 which mirrors the tragedy of a fictional character, Ndoda, a former guerrilla leader appointed to spearhead development in independent Zimbabwe, who turned into a ruthless dictator. Ambrose writes passionately on social maladies such as poverty, oppression, injustice and suffering without fear or any sense of apology.