Dancing With Hyenas - Mahola, Mzi

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Résumé :
Dancing with Hyenas is a tour-de-force that blends excellent prose with fact-driven stories to give a fresh perspective of the black struggle against the oppressive conditions of apartheid South Africa. The reader is taken 'behind the scenes' to conversations and strategy sessions in which successive generations of black youths are conscientized about the ideals of the liberation struggle. In the book, author Mzi Mahola tells the stories in evocative, authentic, and thought-provoking narrative. Elsewhere he recounts the deep soul-searching exchanges among the black youth about the goals and efficacy of the Black Consciousness Movement in advancing cause of black liberation. His accounts are remarkably accurate, especially given the fifteen-year range over which the book is written. What is most refreshing about Dancing with Hyenas is the emic perspective it takes since most of the books on the topic are written by outside observers. This is a one-of-a-kind book- amust-read for any interested in learning from indigenous blacks how they were able to make meaning of the lives while confronted by vagaries and vicissitudes of that vicious system, which was finally brought down in the early 1990s. Mzamo P Mangaliso Professor, Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts - Amherst MA Dancing with Hyenas is a bout rites of passage of a young man hurled into maturity in a troubled land. Mzikayise Mahola conveys the story choosing words with the precision and dexterity of a poet, recalling events and painting them with the skill reserved for great story tellers. The book enthralls as it enables the reader to journey with Lizo through the labyrinth of dark paths in a perilous South Africa. We do not know how he will, survive the wrath of the system whose vultures always hover with devilish zeal and sickening patience. Lizo thrives in a world that betrays talented and ambitious youth. Mahola lucidly captures the snippets of history, sharing hopes and shattered dreams in the trapping of the old South Africa. Indeed, this book is a piece of history that exemplifies how many young people experienced the rough ride into brittle futures. Vuysile T. Msila Professor and Head, Institute for African Renaissance Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA) Dancing with Hyenas offers a riveting account of life under South Africa Aparthied. Lizo's autobiography evokes memories of Coming of Age stories by James Bladwin, Chinua Achebe and Frantz Fanon. Stori...

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UMBULELO Ndithi mandenze umbulelo ngomoya nangomphefumlo wam wonke kuNjingalwazi Linda Kwatsha. Uthe akuva ukuba umntwana uzelwe, wabeka phantsi yonke into ebeyenza waza kwamkela le mveku. UNjingalwazi Kwatsha endimbiza ngamagama amaninzi, uSisi Linda, uMaDuna, okanye Professor sisikhakhamela kulwimi lwesiXhosa eNMU. Sineminyaka eyileyo kumashumi amabini sisazana, kweminye yayo saye sasebenza kunye. Saqala ukudibana kumbutho wababhali owawubizwa ngokuba yiBhala. Emveni koko waye wandithemba ukuba ndihambe ndingena ezikolweni zamabanga aphezulu ezikule Metro ukuze ndilobe, ndikhulise ndikhuthaze abafundi abanezakhono zokubhala, ukubonga kwakunye nokubalisa amabali. Ndiyabulela MaDuna kuba olo cweyo lwabafundi lwaba likhubalo nakwesam isiphiwo sokubhala. Manditsho ngokuphandle ukuba ndim oyena mntu wafumana isivuno esihle esikhuthazayo ngaphezu kwabafundi. Ndibamba ngazo zozibini, Sis' Linda ngokuchitha ixesha lakho uqinisekisa ukuba le ncwadi iza kuyihamba le ndlela ide iye kushicilelwa. Bendingenathemba lokuba ingafumana inyoba ishicilelwe ngexesha elinzima kangaka leCovid-19. Silapha namhlanje ngenxa yegalelo lakho. Mandiphinde ndibulele nakuMaDuma, uGqirhalwazi Lwandlekazi Notshe esazana kakhulu naye ngokuzalana. Ndinibulela ngokugilana kwenu ngalo msebenzi usihlanganise apha. Nincame ixesha lenu nemisebenzi ebalulekileyo ngokungathi kukho isibonelelo enithenjiswe sona. Silapha namhlanje ngenxa yokuba niyithabathele kuni le ncwadi ukuze nikhangele iziphene neempazamo zombhali. Ndiyabulela kakhulu ngexesha lenu. Kumnandi ukuba nesihlobo esingaphezu kwakho ngolwazi nangeminyaka. Kuthiwa inyathi ibuzwa kwabayibonileyo. Kudala wayihamba le ndlela uJikijwa. Ungumakhwekhwetha wokugubhulula imisebenzi yabantu nemibutho, eze nayo ebantwini iyincwadi ebhaliweyo (research). Ukwangumbhali wemibongo namabali amafutshane. Ngekwaba nzima ukuyibhala le ncwadi ngaphandle kokuxhaswa nguye. Ndathi nangexesha lokushiywa ngowakwam akaphela kwam. Waquqa phantse yonk' imihla waba yintsika, wandixhasa ndada ndomelela. Umhlobo wenene umbona ngamaxesha obunzima ebomini bakho. Ndidibene notata uMbulelo Nzo, iJola, kwiBhala kucweyo neentlanganiso zababhali balo mbutho. Ndaye ndazenza le ntlanzi kuthiwa yi-pilot fish. Le ncwadi sesinye seziphumo zokusondela kwam kuye. Ndibulela abashicileli abathe bandivulela inyoba ndingenathemba lokuba kukho nto engenziwayo ngale ncwadi ngenxa yesi sithwakumbe siyi-Covid-19. Ndithi nangamso. Ndibamba ngazo zozibini kwabakwaSeulaula...