{"id":395,"date":"2024-12-15T05:04:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T03:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loss-ilahleko.org\/?post_type=writer&#038;p=395"},"modified":"2025-01-16T00:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:51:29","slug":"sanele-lasta-mkhize","status":"publish","type":"writer","link":"https:\/\/loss-ilahleko.org\/index.php\/writer\/sanele-lasta-mkhize\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanele Lasta Mkhize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull banner has-background has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1cb2db7d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(121,84,56) 0%,rgb(212,176,149) 100%);min-height:60vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center banner-details is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-55a0e2a4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:200px;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group banner-title has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-61b49547 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:48px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\">Sanele Lasta Mkhize<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-e43cad2f1933aaeb80118d8bc5570f16 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-base-color has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ngihambe izwe Lonke ngifunana nawe ngiphupha ngawe. Ngikhumbula ngalo lolusuku ngivuka ngezintatakusa ngiphuma ilanga lingaka veli izinyoni zisalele nezinkunku zingaka khali. 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is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dce06815 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\n<p>ngihambe izwe Lonke ngifunana nawe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ngiphupha ngawe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngikhumbula ngalo lolusuku ngivuka ngezintatakusa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ngiphuma ilanga lingaka veli &nbsp; izinyoni zisalele<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nezinkunku zingaka khali<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilanga lisasithele ngalena kwezantaba ezikude&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngangimbethe ingubo emuhlophe qwa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>unomndindi wami umhlophe qwa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kanye nami ngiyintombi emhlophe qwa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngime ngaphandle kwesango lesistolo sakwaNdlovu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kwaqhamuka imoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwehla umoya wami ngizitshela:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ziqhamukile ezinye Izintombi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yathi ima lemoto lehla kancance ifastela<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ngavele ngajaba ngoba lendoda angiyifanisi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sabipha Isilwane&nbsp; lasho uvalo enhlizweni yami<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umlilo ophuma emehlweni ayo uvutha njenge isihogo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilapha ngobona ukuthi akusekho ngami<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ngaqina empini ngasidwa izinyawo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngangithi ngiya memeza &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>izwi lami lahluleka ukuthata umyalelo wengqondo yami&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;kwawaqa nezinwele ngagcwala amanzi emadolweni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ngaguquza emotweni njenge mbuzi eyohlatswa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwezwakala ukhala kwamaqhude<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>laphakama ilanga&nbsp; izinyoni zangiculela amagugu,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>zehla izinyembezi njengo mkhizo wase busikha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Konke emvakwalokho kwakuyi mpicabadala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kwaphela konke ngami<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngezwa ngobudoda bakhe bungiqeda umzimba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isikhumba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>amathambo&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>umphefumlo&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ubuntombi bami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilona khe leli langa engalahlekelwa ngalo&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yimpilo&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nokuzithemba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kwathathwa isona lesislwane&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sengiya valelisa kubo bonke abasekhaya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nizothola umziba wami ngase mfuleni,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>salani kahle ngiyanithanda Nonke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-4ccfc4ab wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#d4b095;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><summary><strong><em><strong><em>Sanele Lasta Mkhize Profile<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/summary>\n<div 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She had always had a passion for literature and storytelling. At the end of high school, Lasta pursued her passion and decided to study film where she studied writing and directing. In varsity she started writing and recording music until, later joining a band called Neo revolt where she wrote music about the ancient world and African Futuristic ideas, the band featured great Author Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa on one of their singles called people of the Sky.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lasta later on went on as a solo musician which she still currently is and is now one of the few audio- visual artists if any in South Africa combining music, story and film. Lasta is inspired by all things African, culture, heritage, history and so forth. Her latest single which she wrote and directed titled&nbsp; <em>Back to the future<\/em> is a letter to Africa. &nbsp; Her current album that she is working on \u201cis will\u201d produce a collection of art that she calls Zulu sci-fi, combining story, film and music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a new mother to a baby girl Lasta has started a new chapter in her life of storytelling, one that she hopes will see her daughter living in a safer world than she lives in. Inspired by her daughter, Lasta&#8217;s other projects include an African children\u2019s book series and a short film animation inspired by her childhood dreams, nightmares, ancestors, aliens as a Zulu girl.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Q&amp;A with Lasta:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Why do you write?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do I write? I write to feel, to be free, to heal, to never forget, to remember. I write because I was given the gift to tell the stories of life and beyond in my experience and point of view. I honour my gift through the form of arts I practise. At times I am writing a particular piece so I can&nbsp; breathe in and exhale my truth, people\u2019s truth, honour life.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Is there any SA female writer you admire &amp; who?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are too many writers that I admire in South Africa but from different fields including musicians, authors to screenwriters. Namely; Zamo Mkwanazi: Screenwriter; Amanda Lane: Screenwriter; Bessie Head: Author; Margrethe Poland: Author; Shirley Boje: Author; Miriam Makeba: Composer and Thandiswa Mazwai: Composer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What did it feel like writing about the losses of women and children in your mother tongue and your borrowed language for this campaign and anthology?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experience of writing in English verses in my mother tongue when writing loss has been an interesting and challenging one. English is a language that we were taught everything in. It is a universal language that I find myself even thinking and dreaming in. Majority of the information we receive is in English, so it has become a first language in approach to most things in life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose to write the poem in English as most of my poetry exposure has been to English poets. It felt simpler then composing in Isizulu as the approach of my mother tongue comes with a heavy responsibility of writing with pride and grace. Isizulu is a language I learnt from childhood effortlessly and naturally, it is my mother and fathers tongue. But I lost my language due to the education and system media and just life itself with the older I got. With age I spoke less Zulu and rather changed how I spoke Zulu. I had no education in my language though I can speak it but I am not the best Zulu literate. When I joined the band Neo revolt I was challenged by my manager to write in isiZulu and I did, it wasn\u2019t easy but from that day onwards I never looked back. I have since evolved as a bilingual writer. I write a lot of my music in Isizulu as the thought of my language comes naturally now.&nbsp; The more I grew as an artist I yearned to explore the joy of expressing myself in my mother tongue so I chose to write a Prose on Loss. 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