The gods must be crazy

20 Dec, 2020 - 00:12 0 Views
The gods must be crazy She was born on the same day the Unity Accord was signed and named Unity

The Sunday Mail

Makomborero Mutimukulu

ON December 22,1980, Moses Muparadzi and Florence Mukwasi welcomed a bouncing baby girl and named her Unity.

Naming the baby, their first-born, was the culmination of an laborious process that saw Moses write down a list of possible names before asking his wife to choose one from it.

“The list had names such as Unifier, Unity and others I cannot readily remember,” Florence told The Sunday Mail yesterday.

“But what I know is the names had to do with being united, peace and love. I was really not keen on the proposed names but my husband insisted that I choose a name from that list, so when I gave birth to a baby girl, I named her Unity. It is the name that appealed to me the most.”

Exactly seven years after Unity Muparadzi’s birth at Highfield Polyclinic, the country gave birth to its own unity — The Unity Accord.

The signing of the accord between Zanu and PF Zapu leaders — Cdes Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo — on December 22, 1987 was preceded by an elaborately painstaking effort of bringing the two liberation movements together. The post-Independence civil disturbances, especially in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces, left deep scars that the Second Republic is trying to heal. On Tuesday, therefore, the country marks Unity Day, while Unity Muparadzi nee Chideme fortuitously celebrates her 40th birthday. It is a script that can only be written in the stars, she reckons.

“The story of my birth is fascinating and always reminds me that I have a divine calling,” said Unity, who is married to Spirit Impact Ministries’ leader, Apostle Mathias Chideme.

“I refuse to believe that all this is a coincidence — it’s prophetic. My mission is to unite the nation. And how do you do that? You start by uniting families, preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to them and imploring them to lead Godly lives. “Being a musician helps me a lot in advancing my calling, and my prayer is that as I celebrate my birthday and Zimbabwe marks National Unity Day on Tuesday, the country will continue to move in unity.”

The story of the Unity that stole his heart and that of Zimbabwe intrigues Apostle Chideme.

“I wanted to write about this myself, but your paper beat me to it. This can only be God’s doing. My wife is a unifier in the family, in the ministry and in the community.

“We thank God for her life, we thank God for bringing the Unity Accord and we pray that Zimbabwe continues to enjoy peace, unity and prosperity,” he said.

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