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Location: South Africa

Member Since: June 21, 2021

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Bongeka BuhlebaMashasha Hlengwa-Selepe

Biography

UDokotela uBongeka BuhlebaMashasha (UMaHlengwa) Selepe wagogoda eNyuvesi yaseWitwatersrand ngo-2020, ngemva kokuthola imifundaze emibili yakwa-National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) yokuphothula iziqu zeMasters neze-PhD. Uqale ukubhala lezi zinkondlo efundisa iLinguistics eNyuvesi yaseJohannesburg. Ngesikhathi sokushicilelwa kwazo ubeseNyuvesi yaseWitwatersrand efundisa izifundo zokuhumusha nokutolika izilimi. Ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumfundisi wasenyuvesi, ubeyiSekela LoMhleli emnyangweni kaHansard Nezilimi eSishayamthetho SaseGauteng. Ngaphambi kwalokho ubesoPhikweni Lukazwelonke Lwezilimi (kwaNational Language Service), okunguphiko olungaphansi koMnyango Kazwelonke Wezemidlalo Ezobuciko Nezamasiko, olubheka izindaba eziphathelene nezilimi zaseNingizimu Afrika, esebenza ngokuqondene nolimi lwesiZulu. Usebenze nasesifundazweni saKwaZulu-Natali, emnyangweni ofanayo. Njengamanje, uDokotela uHlengwa-Selepe, ufundisa isiZulu eNyuvesi Yase-Indiana, eMelika. Uma engekho emsebenzini wakhe awuqashelwe, ufundisa abantu abangasazi isiZulu ukuba bakwazi ukusikhuluma ngenxa yothando lwakhe lolimi. Leli yiqoqo lakhe lokuqala lezinkondlo.

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?

I was born an bred in South Africa, at a place called Imbali Unit 3, situated in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. As I grew up, I was surrounded by authors who encouraged writing in indigenous languages, and those included my father and colleagues at the time. I am now based in Gauteng, Johannesburg and the issues surrounding me as a South African citizen, a woman and a mother still inspire me.

When did you first start writing?

I contributed my first two short stories in an anthology of isiZulu short stories, ‘Wathint’ Imbokodo’ edited by Dr Nakanjani Sibiya, in 2005. Shout out to Sotobe!

Where to find Bongeka BuhlebaMashasha Hlengwa-Selepe online

Twitter: @BUHLEBAMASHASHA
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Impilo-Ihaywa Ngezinkondlo by Bongeka BuhlebaMashasha Hlengwa-Selepe

Price: $10.00 USD. Words: 1,850. Language: Zulu. Published: September 6, 2021 . Categories: Poetry » African Poetry

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Leli yiqoqo lezinkondlo ezingamashumi amabili ezimayelana nempilo ngeso lombhali. Ziveza imizwa nemicabango maqondana nezigameko ezenzeka empilweni yakhe nakulabo asondelene nabo, abathandiweyo bakhe. This is an anthology of twenty isiZulu poems about life through the eyes of the author. The poems depict her feelings about events in her life or in the life of those close and dear to her.

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