Mandela O Tla ho Leah

Sesotho

Nomakhosi Adontsi

‘Qha’ A re, ‘Tokoloho ha e na lipehelo’

Le Mahlahahlela a tlanngoeng ho mohale oa Robben Island.

‘Che’ A re, ‘Tsebo ha e lumelle karohano’

Se mehoabali, empa ha se na tšabo, sefahleho sa Lekhabunyane la Pakistani.

‘Qha’A re,’ Tumelo ha e qobelloe’ –

Lentsoe la ea hapiloeng, le ikokobelitse empa le ea nyelisa Dapchi,

Lebone la hae ha le time ka har’a lemena la bachesehi.

Ke ka hona, ha mmila o ntse o puta, lentsoe la tumellano le pheta-phetang –

Mandela, Malala, Leah Sharibu -lebone la

‘Che, a rialo Prometheus ’,  lelakabe le pina,

Li fumana maphao, khanare e khanyang  e phunyeletsa

Chibok le Dapchi, ho bonesa lefatše bocha.

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Read the English translation – Mandela Comes to Leah by Prof. Wole Soyinka 

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Nomakhosi Adontsi is a young enthusiastic writer.