Why and how did a car driven by a woman plunge into a sea with huge and powerful waves? Also in the car were three children. All lives were saved by courageous life guards…

I will keep track of this strange story.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...