by Norman Kaluwa
The Fryover Bridge is a bold and unfiltered journey through betrayal, grief, love, and survival in modern Zambia. Moving between Kopala and Lusaka, Busuma confronts friendship lost to corruption, relationships shaped by desire and disappointment, and a city that slowly changes who you are. Through humor, pain, and sharp observation, this story explores sanity, identity, and the quiet battles people fight behind ordinary lives. Some journeys change your destination. Others change your soul.
Following the recruitment of 30,000 teachers, the news of his death hit him harder than anything he had ever known. He wept for himself; life would never be the same. Grief settles quietly, rearranging everything inside. Maybe Lungowe did not leave me with pain, only a standard too honest to negotiate with loneliness. Some people are seasons—they arrive when needed and leave when growth is required. Life moves forward anyway. Rose writes to the PS Who will be the Fryover Bridge of his life?
