Lebogang Mashile (Libros)

Lebogang Mashile Libros

Lebogang Mashile es una aclamada poeta y artista de Sudáfrica, cuyo trabajo ha explorado temas de género, identidad, espiritualidad y condiciones sociopolíticas durante casi dos décadas. Ve la poesía como una herramienta poderosa para la transformación interna y el cambio social, a menudo fusionando su palabra hablada con hip-hop y otros géneros musicales. Los versos expresivos y directos de Mashile abordan las complejidades de la vida sudafricana contemporánea, entrelazando urgencia, humor y momentos de melancolía. Su obra resuena con una honestidad cruda, capturando las luchas y triunfos matizados de su nación.

In a Ribbon of Rhythm

64 páginas
3 horas de lectura

Every generation produces its own share of heroes (and sheroes to quote Maya Angelou), who at times unknowingly elevate us; inspire us; provoke us; challenge us; sensitise as well as influence us.Every generation also showers us with witnesses to the adage 'people's person - motho oa batho ka batho - who rise to the occasion by transcending space time; by transcending gender and race; equally by transcending status and place.Lebo Mashile is one of these people, and these are her words.The ancient ones plait their stories into futures for their childrenThe ancient ones they use their hands to heal the backs of broken menAnd I hold a pen for every ancientWho dared not hold a fistAgainst the tyrannyThat sucked the life and hope out of their breasts- An extract from ‘Ancient Hands’