Windows
written by: Karl Chifokoyo
There are thoughts imprisoned and bound,
Jailed in the prism of my black mind,
Screaming in silence,
Crying out for biblical salvation.
Ideas dark and filthy, bathed in self-pity,
Foul aromas of raw self-expression,
Restrained by this self-service world,
Smothered in sludge from the swamps of bureaucracy.
Hollow and sombre religions of myriad gods,
Festering in the minds of papal slaves
Divinity fed to the hungry, diseased souls,
Fine dining promises for a starving Africa.
Karl Chifokoyo is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur, diesel technician, writer and environmentalist with over two decades of experience across Southern Africa, Central Asia, and beyond. Beginning as a Class A Diesel Artisan, his career has spanned open-cast mining in Botswana, fleet and power generation management as a NATO contractor in Afghanistan, and after-sales supervision at ZIMOCO Mercedes-Benz in Harare. These years across demanding environments shaped a practitioner defined by technical depth, resilience, and cross-cultural fluency. In 2014 he founded Apollo Energy, a renewable energy company based in Harare, delivering sustainable energy solutions to communities across Zimbabwe. He also co-founded LLB Africa (2009), a South African NPO focused on environmental preservation and youth development in Barkly West, Northern Cape; an organisation that went on to become an official technical partner of the African Union's NEPAD Afr100 initiative. His work sits at the intersection of technical expertise, sustainable enterprise, and community impact.
