Nkadzi Touches On Women Affairs
Monday, July 24, 2017
The four-woman play was showcased last Friday at the University of Botswana. It featured nameless characters played by Lolo Setshedi, Chikombe Basiami, Neelo Lentebanye and Thelma Seitshiro.
It starts off with four women wearing all black and African print wraps seated on chairs. They were talking to themselves in different languages such as Kalanga and English, and sounding as if they are praying till they all stand up facing each other.
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...