Tribute to Professor Serara Segarona Selelo-Mogwe
Friday, September 25, 2020
Selelo-Mogwe
Her message was brief: “Rrangwane, Rakgadi Serara Selelo-Mogwe is no more”. My heart froze momentarily.
Professor Mogwe is first and foremost my cousin. The blood that ran through her is the same blood that runs through me. She called my father ‘Malome’. She was part of the larger clan of the Sejies, from whence we come.
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