“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.” ― Chinua Achebe
I still echo that this bunch of writers is genuinely crazy, as evidenced by the previous post. Crazy, yes, and great still – multi-taskers. I wish I could say it was the pressure to make deadlines that made them this crazy, but I would be taking undue credit because I found them as is. I am starting to sound crazy right? See what I mean?
Together with minds lost, a succinct part to #Epigraph is eight people individually telling you that they have found themselves, they are still looking, they haven’t begun or that they don’t know that they should be searching. Their heart’s alibis – their stories – are as brave as they tell them through the pages that you will soon be losing yourselves in. I couldn’t even begin to teach them how to write when they said they don’t think they are writers, but I only wished I had learned how to write before I learned how to speak. #Epigraph tarries…
Without further delay, here are the third and fourth contributors to this literary mixtape…
3. Naledi Chirwa
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Who is (YOU)?
Ama! Mother of the nation.
How old are you?
20 years of age.
When did the writing begin?
I cannot recall the precise time but what I do remember is my mother being called in by my then fourth grade English teacher who was concerned about the long paragraphs I was writing for one-line-sentence homeworks.
When you are not writing, what do you do?
I think about what to write the next time I write. I portray a character that fits the call for that day and time.
What are your superpowers?
Telekinesis (laughs).
Your grand plan to take over the world is…?
...my secret.
Who/what inspires you?
The process of making the known unknown and vice versa, and that’s in everything that I see, feel and imagine. I inspire myself.
Any random thing you want to tell us?
I am the first female president of South Africa.
Favourite writer/s?
Athol Fugard and Samuel Beckett
Favourite book/s?
How do you translate your passion?
I don’t. If I do it, then it is my passion as it is.
What kind of books do you want to read?
Books that have real people from real places with real situations that life borrows us in it.
Where can we find you on social networks?
Twitter: @NalediChirwa
Facebook: Naledi Nokukhanya Chirwa
Do you believe in the power of Oros?
I used to rid the taste of Castor Oil with it. Yes, my grandma was a pioneer!
Are you already fulfilling your life’s purpose, and what is it?
Yes! I am alive.
4. Khayalethu Ngoma
Who is YOU?
Khaya is a man who operates in a world that can not operate without him. That world is the space between atmosphere and utmost fear.
How old are you?
Turning 27 this year.
When did the writing begin?
It hasn't.
When you are not writing, what do you do?
I watch Two And A Half Men, listen to Burning Spear, but ultimately I design spaces, shapes and colours.
What are your superpowers?
I have the ability to do what I hate and do it very well.
Your grand plan to take over the world is…?
...to expose hypocrites.
Who/what inspires you?
Jesus' humility.
Any random thing you want to tell us?
I am the space between this question and the answer thereof. The world should know!
Favourite writer/s?
The authour of Ecclesiastes. Whoever he is.
Favourite book/s?
Excluding EPIGRAPH? Ecclesiastes.
How do you translate your passion?
I create spaces where comfort and function take place.
What kind of books do you want to read?
Books that are filled with honest and creative opinions.
Facebook: Khaya Ngoma
Twitter: @KhayaNgoma
Do you believe in the power of Oros?
It has powers?
Are you already fulfilling your life’s purpose, and what is it?
Yes I am. I believe I was brought into this world to be a relationship expert - the relationship between time and place; shape and colour; question and solution, and that is exactly what I am doing.
Let your chanas’ chanas know that we’re coming out with words blazing.
Your Word Is King,
MMM
masingita@lefokolakgosi.co.za
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