The diaries of Ndi Aphrykah
Friday, November 13, 2015
Ndi Aphrykah (right) on satge. PIC: DOUGLAS SEREMANE
Some have gone to the extent of calling her the angry black girl due to the emotional pieces she delivers. Morongoa ‘Ndi Aphrykah’ Mosetlhi is a young poet who has been on the spotlight of late appearing in a number of poetry sessions and leaving the audience yearning for more with her wordsmith skills. She manages to take the audience into her own world with her poetic skills, which she sometimes mixes with a bit of music and humour.
Poetry lovers can still remember one of her best poems, Mr. Wrong Wrong, which she recited at Botswanacraft recently. The piece entailed her experience of being hit on by an old man who happens to be a father of someone she knows.
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...