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“I wrote Why Me because I realised that people all over the world tend to lose what they love most – and when they have lost what they love most, their faith or confidence in life is tested to an extent that they lose hope.”
A resident of Mukovhawabale village in the Niani area, Maanda Phineas Ndou, spoke about his debut motivational book, which was released recently.
“People encounter a lot of challenges and hardships – parents die, children fail, couples divorce, and when all this happens to people, they ask themselves 'why me?'” he said. “Therefore, I discovered the importance of revealing answers to most of the 'why me' questions.”
He added that the most inspiring aspect that made him write the book was the fact that he personally discovered that there was a writer inside him. “From a young age, if you gave me a question I could explain it in a paragraph,” he said. “If you gave me a paragraph, I could expand it into an essay, and if you gave me an essay, I could expand it into a book.”
He said writing was a divine gift bestowed on him by the living God. “I am grateful for what the Lord has done for me,” he said. “I had a lot of challenges when writing this book. They even delayed the publishing of the book. My laptop crashed at least twice, and I lost all data. When I was about to finish the book, I was bitten by a venomous snake and was hospitalised for a long time. So, it took me a full two years to finish the book.”
The book is based on socio-spiritual aspects that affect people's daily lives. It was successfully launched at Kagiso New Revelation Church's auditorium on 3 March. He described his book as a “book that reads you when you read it”. “This book is written to transform lives and revive destinies,” he said.
Ndou can be reached on 079 868 5921 or 072 423 1579.
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Maanda Phineas Ndou has written a book, entitled Why Me.
By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho
Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.
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