Author: Tim McCarthy

This is the story of the Chain Breaking Man of Zambia, and the monument. Chapter 1 Across from the monument, on Cairo Road, there is a tree called Zanco’s Tree, in whose branches one morning, a mighty man lay, crying. We are told that the man was “dropped off” on the road, presumably from an […]

Chapter 1 Ancient treetops bending westward  under winds lifting white beach sands  into billowing British-textiled sails,  roped to great wooden ships  bearing black-skinned cargo westward—  across the blue Atlantic,  cutting through the great waters,  cutting through time,  cutting through souls,  pushing westward— from an old world to a new world,  a new system, a new […]