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.
For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....