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Interview with Anelisa Thengimfene

Published 2018-06-13.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
Jojweni location, Nqancule A/A, Ngqamakhwe
When did you first start writing?
2017
What motivated you to become an author?
Ndikhuthazwe ngumxonxi wam, uNkosazana Yolisa Madolo, ngokumana ndifunda iincwadi zakhe asele ezipapashile. Ndiye ndafumana unyanya, ndazibona ndinomdla wokuphuhlisa isakhono sam sokubhala.
What is your writing process?
Ndisuka ndingene emxholweni waloo nto ndiyibhalayo. Ndize emva koko ndiyifunde ndigece iziphene, xa kuyimfuneko.
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote? What was it about?
Ithiwani xa inje? Yidrama echalarhisa umlisela nomthinjana kwizinto abathi badibane nazo kwubomi esibuphilayo.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
Ndiyonwaba xa ndidlulisela umyalezo endinawo ebantwini.
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
Uzenzile akakhalelwa. Ndathi ukuyifunda kwam kwavele kwakhula isakhono sokubhala kwam uncwadi. Ndaye ndaqonda ukuba ukubhala incwadi ayiyonto inzima, kukudlulisa nje umyalezo udlala ngolwimi.
What are your five favourite books, and why?
Ukufa kusembizeni
Imiphanda ichithwa ngabamelwane
Uzenzile akakhalelwa
Inkaw' idliw' ilila
Vukani
Ezi ncwadi ziqulethe izinto ezisingqongileyo nezinokulenza ikamva lomlisela nomthinjana ligqame okanye libe mfiliba.
What do you read for pleasure?
Amaphephandaba
Who are your favourite authors?
Yolisa Madolo, Siphatheleni Kula, Sindiwe Magona
What do your readers mean to you?
Ndiyabathanda abafundi bam kuba ngaphandle kwabo andikwazi kudlulisa olu lwimi ndinalo apha engqondweni, ngokunjalo nemiyalezo endinayo.
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Price: Free! Words: 2,110. Language: Xhosa. Published: August 24, 2018 . Categories: Poetry » African Poetry
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Ingcamango ephambili yale ncwadi kukuba ubomi ngumxube wezothuso namayeyeye kuba namhlanje busizalela oku ngomso kusizalele okuya. Izinto ezisingqongileyo nezendalo zinefuthe kwimingeni esithi sijamelane nayo kubomi esibuphilayo. Kanti nendlela esiphathana ngayo thina bantu iyalichazela Ikamva lethu nabantwana bethu.