Ngwao Putswa: The poetic tongue twister :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: Like a Setswana mastermind, he would play around with his mother tongue like a tongue twister, tickling people with his words that would sweep right through the listener's ears with ease like the sound of an electric guitar

He is known around Francistown as Ngwao Putswa when uttering his Setswana-rich poems. Ngwao Putswa, real name Lucky Nkhurutshi, is a master of Setswana language. He spits complex Setswana terminology that would not only move the crowd, but would have also impressed our ancestors.

Whenever he is invited to bless an event with his hilarious metaphors, ululations would reverberate all round at the mention of the name 'Ngwao Putswa'. The flow of words from his mouth gives one the impression that they were rehearsed and mastered for years, yet they come snappy as if recorded from a CD.

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Ngwao Putswa: The poetic tongue twister

FRANCISTOWN: Like a Setswana mastermind, he would play around with his mother tongue like a tongue twister, tickling people with his words that would sweep right through the listener's ears with ease like the sound of an electric guitar

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