Tuesday, August 16, 2011

This Is My Story/Mary Mother of No-One



This Is My Story



by



Marjorie Maleka




Compiled by Njabulo Ngobese

Day 16 of Women's month as we continue to salute the women who have dedicated themselves at making a change in our society by fighting for children's rights.

"I am an artist", that just about somes up Marjorie Maleka who was born in Vryburg in 1979 and grew up in the Free State under the guidance of her mother. She attended primary school at Reitz and secondary schooling at The Agricultural School of Seotlong. Marjorie art career began at Vaal Triangle Technikon in 1999 and she joined the Artist Proof Studio in 2001. She specialises in print-making and has participated in group exhibitions locally and abroad and now manages the Artist Proof Studio's Nhlanhla Xaba Gallery whilst in the process of learning Marketing and Sales.

Marjorie Maleka states that her work is about "human rights, with a focus on the rights of women". She combines printmaking, photography and collage in her work. Marjorie's long term goals include furthering her studies and becoming an artist as well as an art critic.







Poem:




Mary mother of no-one

Lindiwe Nkhutha



yet again unfounded myths


re-write themselves on my body


faceless malevolent voices


proclaim me the virginal cleanser


of heartache and dis-ease


while taking turns to fill me to the brim with same


my shrills swathed in regal stoles of collective silence


lie behind consensual paralytic truths


that have never walked,


let alone flown


i watch with a throat full of swallowed words


while my consent is sacrificed on alters to inconsiderate gods


it crushes the bones in my heart


that no one ever hears the


two, sometimes three, mostly seven pleadings


that drip out of the sides of my mouth


onto my pillow now gone deaf


will somebody…


will somebody, anybody…


somebody,


anybody,


your body


stop this madness




Ngingu Maria uma kamuntu

IsiZulu tranlsation: Lindiwe Nkutha



Kwenzeka futhi, izinganekwane ezingena msusa


Zizibhala emzimbeni wami


Amaphimbo anomunyu kodwa angenabo ubuso


Angibiza ngocwebileyo


Ogeza izinhlungu zenhliziyo nezifo zonke


Ngaleso sikhathi agcwalisa ubunjalo bami ngalezo zinhlungu



Izikhalo zami zemboswe ngengubo yobukhosi engasho lutho


Yona egquma amaqiniso akhubazekile


Angakaze ahamba


futhi angeke andize


Konke lokhu ngikubuka umphimbo wami ugcwele


Amagama engingakwazi ukuwagwinya


Kwenziwa izihlabelo egameni lami ngokuvuma kwami


Kwenzelwa onkulunkulu abengenandaba


Kuphula amathambo enhliziyo yami


Ukuthi akekho namunye okewezwa


Lawo mazwi amabili, ngesinye isikhathi amathathu


Kaniningi ayisikhombisa angumthandazo wami,


Ophuma ohlangothini linye lezindebe zami


Manje esengiwaxoxela umqamelo wami


nawo sewuyisithulu



ukhona mumbe…


ukhona mumbe, nanomawubani ...


mumbe,


nomawubani,


nawe qobolwakho


masibambisaneni siphelise lomkhuba.


A Brief Biography of Lindiwe Nkutha

Lindiwe Nkutha was born in Soweto to Mandla and Thandile Nkutha. Trained as an accountant and now working as a business development consultant, Lindiwe has come to heed the message that she has heard life whisper into her eyes and ears. She has spent most of her time honing her skills into various media, including photography and videography to complement her newly-acknowledged vocation to tell stories.

Some of her poetry has been published in feminist publications in the SADC region and read on stages of Jo'burg's underground poetry scene. A short film she made titled 'Muted Screams' was shown in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Her works as a photographer include 'This Way We Bleed' and 'Jocasta's Hairballs'.

Lindiwe's short stories appear in an anthology titled '180 degrees'. She is currently working on a novel.


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