NERIA is one among few African
films I have been watching over and over again and still tears couldn’t stop
rolling down my cheeks........ Daaayumn! I ‘m not even getting used to it…. it is sooooo touching…
The Mtukudzi’s song….the lyrics that I once didn’t understand them
till I got translation heheheee and that is when i got all emotional…the rhythm of the Song and the genuine voice of Tukudzi….
God knows how I wiped tears till I finished my tissues in the box….. used my
khanga, hands and then got up to wash my face…. I cried an ocean my dear!
THE TRAILER.... i'm sure i remind you somewhere...
Neria is a
Zimbabwean film made in 1993, written by the novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga. It is
directed by Goodwin Mawuru and the screenplay was written by Louise Riber....
May be some day i will be all over wikipedia named as novelist Laura who
wrote blah blah novel which turned out to be a movie....God listen my dream!!
Neria, a 35 year old
woman living in the Harare
Neria works at a
women’s crocheting co-operative where, in a good month, she earns as much as
her husband. Neria and Patrick are painting their new home, a project which
Neria contributes to both financially and physically. Patrick and Neria have
been living in the city since their marriage, though they go to the village to
visit their relatives on occasion. The bottom-line is that Neria’s family is
modern, happy and secure. Much of the happiness seems to come from the fact
that Neria and her husband understand each other so well.....unaona bwana!
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| Kasha la movie yenyewe.... kipindi hicho hakuna CD.... kitu video cassette The happiness and security in Neria’s life is however painfully destroyed by fate. As Patrick is returning home one evening he is hit by a car and killed. Neria is devastated. Her brother-in-law, Phineas, steps in to help. Neria and her children go to her husband’s rural home for the funeral.....mtiti unaanzia hapa sasa.... |
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| Neria akiomboleza... i always skip this scene.... it reminds me someone... somewhere
Baada ya msiba anaambiwa achague mume wa kumrithi, kimila kama una mtoto wa kiume unaweza kumchagua kama hutaki kurithiwa na mashemeji....Phineas shemeji yake mkorofiii akajua atanyakua yeye huu mzigo.... waaaapi....Neria akamchagua mtoto wake Shingi! unajua nini kilifuata?..... Msala mtupu!
waliporudi mjini, siku moja Phineas akaenda mjini kule, akazoa kila kitu ndani ya nyumba na lock akabadilisha...unaambiwa alizoa mpaka watoto....sasa ikawa inabidi hela ya matumizi huyu dada aombe kwa shemeji....sikilizia manyanyaso sasa.... uwiiiii i nearly punch my tv screen....the mna is damn crueeeeeel!!!
 i did well, drove us crazy enough to hate him
Neria alikuwa na rafiki yake Connie, huyu dada ni dizaini mume akimletea majanga yeye analeta kimbunga. Akawa anamshauri Neria kwenda mahakani kudai haki yake ya mirathi. Neria oooh hataki kuoffend familia yake....weeee maji ya shingo yalipobisha hodi kudadadadeki Connie alimtoa mkuku....mwanasheria akatafutwa! kesi mahakamani.
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Kesi mahakamani...baada ya kujitambua sasa na kugundua
ananyanyasika wakati haki zake zipo wazi....
Neria goes through the necessary legal
channels at the community court level and her eldest child is appointed their
heir. Phineas is ordered to return the property. Phineas is outraged by the
turn of events as he feels he is naturally entitled to his brothers’ property.
He takes the matter to the High Court, claiming that Neria is not fit to
maintain the children and that in such circumstances it is best to follow
customary law.
After an involved court hearing which brings to light Phineas’
exploitative, greedy and insensitive nature, the judgement is that Neria will
remain the guardian of the heir. Through this process Ambuya (Mother in law) realises that
Phineas has all along been twisting tradition to suit himself. Ambuya comes to
understand, through witnessing Neria’s victory over patriarchal exploitation,
that at times tradition must give way to changing times.
Yule mwanamuziki Mtukudzi humu ameigiza kama kaka wa Neria..... na kile kibao maarufu cha Neria..... hebu nikusikilizishe kidogo
....LYRICS FOR NERIA.....
Neria
Neria ooo
Usaore moyo kaNeria
Mwari anewe x2
mwari anewe kaNeria
mwari anewe
kufirwa nemurume
hazvanzi
zvinoda moyo
wekushinga
KIITIKIO
usaore moyo kaNeria
Mwari anewe x2
shinga moyo shinga
Mwari anewe
neria neria ooo
usaore moyo kaneria
mwari anewe x2
mwari anewe kaneria
mwari anewe
upenyu imhindu pindu
ngwarira mhepo
dzezviedzo
usaore moy kaneria
mwari anewe x2
shinga moyo shinga
Mwari anewe
vanhu kadzi
vanobatwa senhapwa
kugara senherera
usaore moyo kaneria
mwari anewe x2
shinga moyo shinga
mwari anewe
rufu rwune shanje
kudza mura
vanodanana
usaore moyo
(hadzwanzi) mwari anewe
usaore moyo kaneria
mwari anewe
shinga moyo shinga
mwari anewe
neria neria ooo
usaore moyo kaneria
mwari anewe x2
shinga moyo shinga
mwari anewe
kufirwa nemurume
hazvanzi
zvinoda moyo
wekushingaira
usaore moyo kaneria
mwari anewe x2
TRANSLATION:.... kwa tafsiri isiyo rasmi......
Don’t be disheartened Neria. God is with you. May your heart
be strong ,
be strong. God is with you. Death is jealous.
It seperates those in
love. Don’t be disheartened my sister.
God is with you. Don’t be disheartened
Neria. God is with you.
Work hard Neria. God is with you. Neria. Neria, ooooh.
Don’t be disheartened Neria. God is with you.
Don’t be disheartened Neria. God
is with you.
Work hard Neria. God is with you
.... I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOOOOYED THE WHOLE THING....and now you know exactly why i always sound like a feminist/......i'm not one but i find myself not able to see any woman go under any violence without shouting out!
I never knew the meaning but now I know thanks.
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