ZAM

IINWELE

EZIKHETHEKILEYO

Le ncwadi yeka

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Izinwele zami ezikhethekile
(My Special Hair)
Illustrated by Jess Jardim-Wedepohl
Written by Candice Dingwall
Designed by Renate van Rensburg
Edited by Kelly Norwood-Young
Translated by Sihle Siko
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Johannesburg on 25 February 2017.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-051-8
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Candice Dingwall	   Jess Jardim-Wedepohl	    Renate van Rensburg

Ndinentloko ekhetheke kakhulu, intloko ekhethekileyo yeenwele.
Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zahlukile.
Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zinqabile.

Azikhuli nje entloko,
kodwa zezam
ezam ndodwa,
mna qha!
Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zenza  izinto ezikhethekileyo – ziinwele  ezingumlingo, uyabona.

Ehlotyeni xa ilanga litshisa,  kungekho mthunzi naphi na,
andibili, anditshi.
Ndikhula umnqwazi weenwele.

Ebusika xa impulo yam ijika iba bomvu,
naxa
ingqele
yobusika
ivuthuza,
iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zikhula zibe nde kakhulu.
Zindombathisisle ukusuka phezulu ukuya ezinzwaneni.

Entwasahlobo xa zonke iintaka  ziphuma, yaye iyileyo isakha indlwana,
intloko yam igcwele iingoma kuba  iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo  zigqwesile.

Ekwindla xa kusiwa amagqabi,
kungekho zintyatyambo zifumanekayo,
intloko yam ekhethekileyo iqalisa ukudubula iintyatyambo eziqaqambileyo yonk’ indawo.

Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo ziqinile zaye zomelele.
Azijingi okanye ziyokozele.
Andikhe ndikhangeleke ngokufanayo kuba iinwele zam zinako ukutshintsha imilo yazo.

Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zigcwele amajikojiko.
Ziphothene
zibophene,
zomelele.
Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zikhula iizandla ezineenwele – indawo yokugcina izinto zam.

Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zikhula amaphiko akhethekileyo –
amnyubuluzi,
athambileyo
nakhaphukhaphu.
Zibhabha zigqume ubuso bam, zide iinwele zam nam sibhabhe.

Iinwele zam ezikhethekileyo zimibalabala, zibe ngumnyama!
Okanyisa olona suku lumnyama.
Iinwele zam zizele lulonwabo.

Iinwele zam zizele luthando.
Intloko yam ithweswe ngothando.
Ziyakhula
zikhule
zikhule
ndide ndizichithachithe     macalana onke.

Ezingako iintlobo zeentloko ezikhethekileyo, ezingako zona iindidi zeenwele.
Zingce ngento onayo phezulu, umlingo wakho ukhula apho phezulu!