Pale ena e bua setaki se tummeng sa mosadi mona Afrika Borwa, Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi.
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O tswetswe ka selemo sa 1943, tulong e bitswang Marapyane, ba bang ba e bitsa Skilpadfontein.
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Ha o batla ho tseba ka botaki, ithuta ka Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi.
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Ha Mmakgabo a ntse a hola, nkgonae Metato, o ile a mo ruta ho dila le ho taka fatshe le maboteng ka bolokwe.
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Hape o mo ruta ho roka, ho kgabisa, ho follela difaha, ho bopa dinkgo le ho dikgabisa.
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Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi o ne a etswa lelapeng le futsanehileng.
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Ka hoo, ha a le dilemo tse 16, o ile a qobelleha ho ya sebetsa Johannesburg jwaloka mosebeletsi wa malapeng.
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Ka tsatsi le leng o ile a kgahlwa ke mosebetsi wa botaki o entsweng ke monga hae. O ile a rekela Mmakgabo dipente tsa hae tsa pele tsa oli.
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Mmakgabo o ne a ikwetlisa a le mong sephiring.
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Monga hae a makatswa ke talente yeo a e bonang ho Mmakgabo, mme a mo kgothaletse ho ithutela botaki.
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Mmakgabo o ile a lemoha hore o hloka ho ithutela botaki semolao.
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Ka selemo sa 1970 ho isa ho 1973, o ile a ingodisa sekolong sa botaki, White Studio se Sophiatown.
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O ne a kwetliswa ke setaki sa motho e motsho se bitswang Keonakeefe Mohl. O ne a motataisa a mo thusa.
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Mmakgabo o ne a rata ho taka diketsahalo tsa Marapyane moo a holetseng teng.
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O ne a taka basadi ba tswa lebollong kapa ba hlaola masimong.
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O ne a taka diketsahalo tse tlwaelehileng tsa bophelo ba nnete.
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Mmakgabo o ile a kopana le setaki Bill Ainslie, yeo a ileng a mo kgothletsa ho etsa botaki ba kgopolotaba.
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Botaki bona bo ne bo fapane le botaki ba diketsahalo tsa nnete tsa Marapyane tseo a neng a se a di tlwaetse.
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Mmakgabo o sebeditse ka thata ho ikwetlisa botaking ba hae.
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Mmakgabo o ile a ruta bana ho taka Katlehong Arts Centre.
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O ne a kwetlisa ditaki tse ngata, ha a ntse a tswellisetsa tsebo ya hae ya ho taka ya disebediswa tse ding.
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O ile a bontsha ditshwantsho tsa hae dipontshong mmoho le ditaki tse ding mme tse ding a di rekisa.
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Botaki ba Mmakgabo bo hlohloleditswe ke tshotleho ya basadi ya kamehla makeisheneng.
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Mosebetsi wa hae nakong ya kgethollo ka mmala e ne e bontsha tshotleho ya batho batsho.
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Tse ding tsa ditshwantsho tsa hae tse tummeng ke: ‘Tear of Africa’ le ‘Where is my home?’
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Mmakgabo o ile a hlopha dipontsho tsa hae a le mong tsa pele ka 1986.
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Ene e le mosadi wa pele wa motho motsho wa ho hlopha dipontsho tsa hae Afrika Borwa.
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Katleho ya dipontsho tsena e ne e le ditshwantso tse takilweng ka mokgwa wa kgopolotaba.
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Mmakgabo o ile a fumana kgau ya Fulbright Scholarship ya ho ithuta America.
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Kgau yena e ile ya mothusa ho tsepamisa maikutlo botaking le ho ntshetsa pele lekala la botaki.
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Botaki ba Mmakgabo bo ile ba bontshwa Afrika Borwa, Yuropa, Engelane le Amerika.
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Ditshwantshi le botaki ba Mmakgabo di bapatswa dimusiamong lefatshe ka bophara.
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Ke setaki se hlomphehang se nang le tshushumetso.
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Ka lebaka la nyehelo botaking mona Afrika Borwa, Mmakgabo o ile a tlotlwa ka kgau ya Presidential Order of Ikhamanga ka 2004.
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Sebidi o bontshitse hore ha ho se thata ha o na le maikemisetso a ho ba seo o batlang ho ba sona.
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Ho mamela nkgonae ho ile ha motswalla katleho.
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Mmakgabo are, “Nkgono waka ya phetseng dilemo tse 115, o nthutile ntho e nngwe le enngwe yeo ke e tsebang.”
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——Dipotso
Nkgona Mmakgabo o ile a mo ruta eng?
Mmakgabo o qadile botaki jwang?
Hobaneng ha ne a atleha botaking
Ke eng seo o se ratang ka mme Sebidi?
Taka setshwantsho sa motho kapa ntho enngwe e bohlhokwa ho wena.
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Pale ena e qapuwe le ho ngolwa ka Setswana, e le karolo ya projeke ya 2021 ya Zenex Ulwazi Lwethu ya dibuka tse balwang.
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Your attribution should include the following: Title: Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi le lefatshe la botaki Author/s: Refilwe Ramagoshi Translator/s: Nthabiseng Tsatsi Illustrator/s: Vusi Malindi Assurer/s: Mathapelo Morake Language: Sesotho (South Africa)