The poet with a silver tongue
Friday, June 19, 2015
Baareng reciting one of her poems
Suddenly people look around, struck by the beautiful words hallowing from the distance.
The trepidation breaks into ululations of approval from a contingent of women in the gathered crowd at the Bakwena main kgotla as the little figure gradually approaches.
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...