Mmannyeu�s tent collapses
Thursday, July 03, 2014
The title track of her debut album Tante E Ole sounds innocent with the lyrics; “thusang ka kwano/ thusang Ra-Refilwe, tante e ole/motse wa thubega/kgarametsa hela/ iteke rra balekane bagago båa tsoga ba go tshega/bare o paletswe ke lwapa’. In the second verse she sings: ‘bogolo leka ka kereke/ eya dingakeng/ re age lelwapa.”
This song about a man whose marriage is threatened by erectile dysfunction. The concerned wife is pleading with her husband to seek help through prayer, or even traditional medicine to revive his manhood. She even threatens to leave if the problem persists. The same cheeky lyrical antics can be heard in the third track Majita.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...