Izinhlungu Zomphefumulo – Incwadi Yezinkondlo

Description

Bongekile Joyce Mbanjwe’s collection of poems in isi-Zulu, Izinhlungu Zomphefumulo, with accompanying English translations, is aimed at exposing pain, confusion and the different types of abuse that women face every day of their lives, showing that suffering and pain must be followed by solutions. Bongekile was born in Pietermarizburg in 1962. She received her tertiary education at SACSSP, University of KwaZulu- Natal. She studied sign language. She went on to work at the KwaZulu- Natal Society for the Blind, but now works at Epilepsy SA as a social worker. She also works part time at Endumezulu Adult Centre as a teacher. One of her stories was published in Botsotso 13 and five of her poems were published in the anthology of women’s poetry and photography, Isis X.