THE BLACK Text: Magnus Bergmar & Marlene Winberg PIMPERNEL Pictures: Jan-Åke Winqvist Early on the morning of 18 July 1918, Nosekeni gives birth to a boy. The boy is me. My father’s name is Gadla and he is a chief among the Thembu people... A boy! AA We’ll...
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THE BLACK Text: Magnus Bergmar & Marlene Winberg PIMPERNEL Pictures: Jan-Åke Winqvist Early on the morning of 18 July 1918, Nosekeni gives birth to a boy. The boy is me. My father’s name is Gadla and he is a chief among the Thembu people... A boy! AA We’ll call him A A Rolihlahla! U U A boy! U In Xhosa my name means ’break the branch off the tree’ — but it also means ’troublemaker’, which is what I was born to be. I have many fond memories from ...where I hunted and ...gathered nuts and ...became a master of my childhood. We moved to a knew freedom... honey... fencing with sticks... village called Qunu... ...roasted maize under the stars... ...and learned how to court The girls were a lot smarter than us boys. Choose the one you like best! Often, they teased us all the girls... way home... Among the Thembu, if a girl chose a boy, he could keep her company...
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