Thingolwenkosazana
I've never been so afraid in my
life,umfula (river) ,snakes, grandma's chanting,I feel the heavyness towards me, I try praying but I can't utter a single word ,this
place is scary, weirdly it's like I know
these people, they not trying to hurt me
but they scare me, I walk inside amanzi, you would think they are freezing cold
but they soo warm, there's a huge difference.
when I'm standing inside that river... a
voice from amanzi is calling me
"what?!" I keep hearing the voices calling.
"wake up" someone shakes my upper body
I open my eyes and a bad headache hits me, you see that headache you get in the morning after a hectic night
"urgh it's you kanti" like really was I dreaming ? that dream looked too real
I look around, I'm in a taxi, I look outside
there's this huge house, it's a nice white house but wait! Are those mountains and alot of
trees? it looks like this is the only house
here.
"ngikephi Mvelo?" (where am I Mvelo?) all my eyes are out now.
"come with me" Mvelo holds my hand and I immediately feel weird mixed emotions, I feel like crying and also some weird feeling I can't put a finger on it, I pull my hand back
"Mvelo where the fuck am I?" okay now I am no longer calm and humble
"ayithukwa inhlamba la" (no swearing is allowed here please)
"do I look like I care, where am I?" Me
"ehlisa umoya, woza" (calm down) he touches me and I get that feeling again, I start crying I need my dad right now.
"no where am I??" I try to sound very intimidating
"okay...I'll explain later come my
dad wants to see you" Mvelo
"YOUR DAD??!" -Me ohhh he's shipping me he is a criminal I shouldn't have entered the taxi how can I be soo stupid.
"Nomkhitha! ,I'm not gonna ask you
twice woza!" Mvelo
"Cha!!! you're taking me lightly (standing) busy calling me Nomkhitha" Me
We walk towards this light blue rondavel what is this?, this place smells cowdung even.
"take off your shoes and socks" - Mvelo
"haibo!" I just stand still and look at him folding my arms this one he thinks he can just tell me what to do. I keep crying thinking he will show some sympathy and take me home.
"awenze njengoba ngisho stwerk.a
or else we'll be here the whole
day, which means ngeke uye kini" (just do as I say or else we will be here for the whole day.)
Why is he being like this?, hardcore* what happened to the nice Mvelo? I take my shoes off and socks, I'm glad I did my nails the other day atleast I'm not embarrassing myself here, he tells me to sit ocansini (grass mat) imagine! on the left hand side,he sits on the other side
"this is my father uHlase" Me
this man he looks soo scary I can't stop crying silently tears of fear.
"sawubona Nkosazana" Qalumuzi
I honestly just looked at them, I'm so mad
right now, I don't know why I'm in people's
rondavels animal skin hanging on the wall, it screams Zulu people, Mvelo looks
disappointed for not greeting back, I don't
really care at this point
"okay what's your name?" Qalumuzi
what?? he just greeted me not long ago.
Me: Thingo.
These people don't care
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Zimpande Zamathonga (unedited)
General FictionThingo is a city girl that has been constantly hearing whistles from people she can't physically see; since the age of 7. 10 years later her father takes a decision of cutting home schooling and he takes her to a secondary school where things change...
