Isiphiwo sikaMogau

Le ncwadi ngeka

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Isiphiwo sikaMogau
Illustrated by Shadrack Munene
Written by Lorato Trok
Designed by Rofhiwa Mudau
Edited by Kelly Norwood-Young
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Johanneburg on 25 February 2017
ISBN: 978-1-928442-21-9
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Lorato Trok     Rofhiwa Mudau    Shadrack Munene

Umuzi waseBatloung kwakuyindawo ephuphile nje yase-Afrika, lapho kwakungakaze kwenzeke khona into ejabulisayo ngaphambilini …

… kwaze kwathi ngelinye ilanga, kwazalwa ingane engajwayelekile. Usana olunguMogau lwaluzelwe lunamazinyo aphelele!

Abantu bomuzi bathutheleka beze ekhaya likanina kaMogau befuna ukuyozibonela lesi simangaliso.

Ngokumoyizela kwakhe okungapheli, uMogau waletha injabulo kulo muzi.

Ngokushesha, abazali bakaMogau babona ukuthi wayeyingane enesiphiwo. Ngesikhathi esenezinyanga eziyisithupha, wayesekwazi ukuhamba, ukufunda izincwadi nokupenda izithombe.

UMogau wapenda isithombe esifanayo
esiphindaphinda. Unina wabona ukuthi nabo
kwakudinga ukuba bathole ukuthi ingabe yayikuphi le ndawo uMogau awayeyipenda kulezi zithombe zakhe.

Bawushiya umuzi lowo bathatha uhambo.
Izakhamuzi ezithanda ukumamatheka kukaMogau
zanquma ukubalandela.

Bahamba izinsuku eziningi,

beguduza emahlathini,

beqa imifudlana bedlula nezintaba ezinkulu.

Ekugcineni, bafika endaweni kaMogau ekhethekile.
Yayifana ncamashi nesezithombeni zakhe ezipendiwe.

Basebenza, belungisa umuzi omusha – umuzi lapho wonke umuntu wayejabule khona.

UMogau wathi lapho esekhule ngokwanele, waba yinkosi yomuzi onemibala emihle.

Umbuso kaMogau onenjabulo wakhula waziwa  kakhulu, eduze nakude. Wayeyinkosi eyayenza abantu bayo bamoyizele!