Molaakgosi preaches through writing
Friday, January 12, 2024 | 70 Views |
Molaakgosi’s book cover
She explained to Arts&Culture that her love for writing developed from a tender age at primary school where she wrote poems, short stories and compositions. However, it was in 2004 after listening to a sermon in church, that she started to work on her book and develop it in chapters.
Although she shelved the work, she later on revisited it in 2011 and felt that it was time she wrote something to be read by other people. “I introduced reading and writing to my students, and I edited their work. One student wrote a farewell poem for President Festus Mogae, his work earned him a lot and that encouraged me.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...