The Shebeen Prophets - Paperback

by Nsununguli Mbo (Author)

Prophet Day-Day, wheelchair-bound Prophet Wire-Lapeng and Prophet Billy-Mangenje failed and discontinued from the University of Botswana. Now they are unemployed and back home in Pilikwe but economically stable.They spend most of their time at Mama Kea's shebeen. Together with the shebeen queen, a former biology teacher, they call themselves The Truth Speaks and meet regularly under the Tree of Knowledge where they dissect and analyse their thoughts, and share what they have learnt from books and YouTube. Their mission is to see the whole village embracing knowledge... As a pilot project towards their course, Prophet Day-Day agrees to trace and bring to the Tree of Knowledge a coquettish con artist named Girlie who was last sighted in Palapye, as the team contends that knowledge is the road towards knowing and understanding oneself. .. But challenges crop up when Prophet Day-Day develops amorous feelings towards Girlie. And when Girlie gets arrested and goes to prison, Prophet Day-Day is left questioning and turning against his own beliefs...