“When a black Zimbabwean woman gave birth to a white baby, her husband immediately accused her of cheating without a second thought. He dumped her, leaving her broken and helpless. Three years later, DNA tests revealed the unthinkable. The baby’s tiny cries filled the entire delivery room. Ka heaved a sigh of relief as she slowly fell back on the delivery table. She closed her eyes and let a weary smile play on her lips. That tiny cry had suddenly made all the pains worth it.
The Zimbabwean woman was still reeling in the moment when she heard a thunderous voice that made her jerk up. It was her husband, Rudo. “Whose baby is that? Who is that white thing?” She heard him scream again; this time, his voice was louder and clearer. Ka quickly took one look at the baby the nurse was bringing towards her, and a cold chill ran down her spine. The nurses had swapped her baby with another woman’s child.
Ka glanced around to see if there was another baby in the room, but there couldn’t have been, as she had been the only pregnant woman in the delivery room. She was shocked and confused. How could she, a black woman, give birth to a white baby? But Ka’s baffled reaction was nothing compared to that of her husband. Rudo immediately went into a rage. The sudden hatred he had for the baby was as clear as daylight. The baby’s skin color could only mean one thing: his wife had an affair with a white man. He couldn’t believe she would betray him in this manner.
