Ke letse le basadi bagwe,

Boesengmang le malate,

Bo kgaitsedie ba a tshwana,

Ke ba ba setlha,

Le ba ba hibidu,

Makgarebe a didimetseng ,

A tletseng letlhoo,

A mabifi,

Ba tlhapa ka mahutsana,

Ba a nguna-nguna,

Ba senka lorato.

 Mosopulogo o thuthafaditseng

Malao a Maria,

Bokhutlo jwa beke,

O lapologa mo sehubeng sa Dineo,

Fa tadi e amusao kwa lapeng,

Ka magagapa o senka ditshwanno,

tsa gwe tsa senna,

A ntshwaetse ka mogare segajaja,

Ke lalaka tidimalo,

Ke roroma,

Ke tlhabiwa ke kgala,

Ke lebe loapi,

Ke kope Rramasedi,

Go paka tsa botshelo jwa nyalo yame.

Charmaine Mrwebi is a Setswana born storyteller, she travels the world looking for stories to read and write, she has 6 years’ experience working in a community library where she founded a writers group that developed writing skills of community writers. As a founder of Charmza Literary club, she founded  A children Festival , founded a performing Art school for 30 children aged 6 years to 10 years, her passion for children development saw her launch Puppetry hour at 10 local preschools in Bloemfontein. She has founded 10 book clubs with 10 local secondary schools based in Bloemfontein and Thaba Nchu. She has written over 16 books and is the founding member of the Free State Poetry platform. Charmain Mrwebi is a Poet, Storyteller and Puppeteer, Librarian, Author and Publisher, Creative writing facilitator, Festival Director, Founding member of Charmza Literary club and a Book Distributor. 

Q&A with Charmza:

Are there any SA female writers you admire & who?

I admire Dr Gcina Mhlophe because she has managed to plant the love and existence of storytelling in South Africa throughout a century. Her writing is able to ignite the love for stories across communities. She has a nature that is generous with information and a spirit that rekindles readers and audience of her work.

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?  

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# Facebook: Charmaine Kolwane Mrwebi

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# email : charmzaliteraryclub@gmail.com