Perfect Moyo is a 26year old young author and poet residing in the City of BULAWAYO and grew up in the high density suburb of Lobengula West. Having penned down two unpublished Ndebele Novels and one Published Poetry Anthology titled “Tribute to the Storm”, he started his journey of writing in December 2018 and the journey just begun symbolized by his first publication.
He said “It all started as something he did for fun but the people around I shared my works with encouraged me to write more and it was from there that several of them encouraged me to compile my poems and make an anthology”. In January 2020, the young writer made a resolution that he will work even harder to share his work and message more as he continues to build his audience.
Being inspired by his previous relationship for his Anthology, “not only its ending but before day one the relationship started and not only to the last day we parted ways but till today for even now I still stare back and curve the stars or the dark from it!” he explained. Pushing and grinding, sharing his poems with people on social media, motivation grew in him and finally leading to his first publication published by of Pentolacut Publishers. Besides of writing novels and anthologies, Perfect Moyo is also an Electrician and currently furthering his studies to be an Electrical Technician.
Being an author is a challenge especially here in Zimbabwe. Finding honest and reliable publishers is not easy. However for Mr. Moyo, he described his major obstacle he faced so far was with finding Publishers and how they always make it seem hard for you to publish but since has found a reliable and considerate publisher.
“Tribute to a storm is a letter from my heart of how in my previous relationship, I found, surfed in and lost love. It is a song I sung in black and white that tells the world that love is sweet when it is found, how crazy you can be driven by that one person, the way how we battle to keep love alive at the verge of storms, how hurt we become when we have failed to pull through, how bit by bit we heal in time and how we finally gather our pieces, realize our worth, be confident and love again.” Tribute to the Storm is the authors favorite so far, because it is the book that broke the ice for him, and that proves to him that not even the sky is the limit when you dedicate yourself and it was written from the heart.
Moyo he looks up to and wants to continue working with Samantha Nomaswazi Nunu (who he alludes to be one of the growing names to greatness) her team Pentolacut Publications and on the Ndebele side of his novels working with Mihla Sitsha Hleza the author of Wangenza Mntanami a Ndebele Zimsec Setbook. Looking to the social side, he is partnering with a friend Isaac Mpofu in establishing a Charity Organization called Living Hope “because in as much as we live we should remember everyone from all the corners of the society” he said.
All I can say is we are beautiful sculptures, shaped not by one tool but many. Passion alone without talent is useless and talent alone without passion is not much of use.
EMAIL: perfectmoyo2005@gmail.com
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