The Corridors of Hope

Author Eric Buhle Gumbi has penned a captivating memoir that delves into his personal encounters, both challenging and interesting, as he navigates various socio-political landscapes. The Corridors of Hope takes readers on a journey through the author’s youthful experiences, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Through his narrative, Gumbi explores the people who have supported him along the way and how they have helped to redirect him towards success. Looking back on his childhood, the author identifies moments of both rise and fall, paying particular attention to his high school and socioeconomic endeavours that have kept the ball of life rolling.

With a keen eye for detail, Gumbi brings his personal history to life, weaving a compelling story that captures the complexities of growing up in a rapidly changing world. The Corridors of Hope is a powerful memoir that offers readers an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs that have shaped the author’s life.

Eric Buhle Gumbi was born in 1962 in the village of uMsebe in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Most of his maze- earmarked some footprints as he walked through the corridors full of hope that things in his life will never remain the same, but will be uplifted to the better-than-then. I this biographical memoir he worked towards his dream reflecting on his personal encounters in the book form. His love of writing developed from an early school days as an avid reader especially biographies and a range of fiction and non-fiction. His academic journey in dissertation, thesis, book chapters and paper articles pushed his interest towards the fulfilment of the long overdue dream of writing the reflective thoughts emanated from wide experiences and individual encounters in his life especially within the confinements of the then apartheid riddled South Africa. Contained in this book, is a narrative and biographical landscape of experiences hoping that it will definitely capture the love of the entire avid readers and entice them to go with him through the corridors of hope that always unfold in human life, pushing away every barriers for him to cross over dry sands to the superfluous destinies.