Izibiliboco zikaLonwabo

Le ncwadi ngeka

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Izibiliboco zikaLonwabo
(Lonwabo’s Recipes)
Illustrated by Sarah Rose de Villiers
Written by Mihlali Kumalo
Designed by Zandile Maxet Makina
Edited by Linda Nelani
Translated by Nonkululeko Nhlapo
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Grahamstown on 12 November 2016.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-048-8
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Mihlali Kumalo
Sarah Rose de Villiers
Zandile Maxet Makina

ULonwabo wayengumfana oneminyaka eyishumi.

Wayehlala nomama kanye nogogo wakhe.

Ugogo kaLonwabo wayenengadi enhle futhi inemifino enothile.

Wayekuthokozela ukulekelela ugogo wakhe ngokukhipha ukhula engadini nokunisela imifino.

Kwakudingeka ukuba alande amanzi emfuleni. Wayengeyena umfana oyivila. Wayehamba ibanga elide ehla enyuka igquma.

Wayenokudlula abangani bakhe bedlala ibhola bemhleka bethi kuye, “Lonwabo kungani wenza lokho? Lowo ngumsebenzi wentombazane, thina asisoze sakwenza lokho.”

ULonwabo wayevele azihlekele nje aqhubeke nohambo lwakhe.
Wayevele azicabangele ngezikhathi ezimnandi enogogo wakhe engadini.

Le micabango yayimenza akhohlwe ngalolu hambo  olude kanye nezinkulumo zabangani bakhe.
Wayethanda ukuqagela  ukuthi zizoba ngakhi iziqathi endaweni eyodwa lapho  ugogo wakhe esevuna.

Ugogo kaLonwabo wayehlezi emlungiselela isidlo sasemini uma esesikoleni nomama wakhe esemsebenzini.
Njalo wayebuya ekhaya ethola ukudla kwakhe sekulungile futhi kubekwe etafuleni lapho ezokuthola khona.

Wayethi uma eqeda ukukhumula imifaniswano yesikole, ahlale etafuleni, ashaye umkhuleko omncane bese eyadla.

Ugogo wakhe wayemlungiselela ukudla okuyizinhlobonhlobo ngesidlo sabo sasemini.

Wayekuthanda ukudla kukagogo wakhe okumnandi.

Ngemuva kokudla, wayegeza isitsha sakhe, athathe incwadi nepensela ahambe ayohlala eduze kukagogo wakhe.
Wayembuza ngezithako azifake ekudleni abekudla bese ebhala kahle yonke imininingwane ngisho nemincane imbala.

Wayezitshela ukuthi uma esekhulile, uzozivulela eyakhe indawo yokudlela.

Le ndawo yokudlela uzoyiqamba ngogogo  wakhe futhi enze konke ukudla ugogo wakhe amenzela kona.