The following essays and poetry are written by young people in FunDza’s WritingMe Writing Club at Sophumelela High School in Philippi, Western Cape.
Poetry
Memory Box by Anonymous
The Lasting Box by Emihle Mtotywa
Memory Box by Anonymous
A view of things by Mihlali Njobe
Memory Box by Someleze Laho
Brown Skin Girl by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
Sometimes when I think of you by Anonymous
A view of things by Lilitha Giqo
Memory Box by Ntando Sibali
A View of Things by Ntando Sibali
Memory Box by Onesimo Dokolwana
Sometimes When I’m Sad by Njabulo Mtsora
A View of Things by Ntyantyambo Funda
Denatured Soul by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
A View of Things by Thobekise Tshabalala
Am I next? by Ernia Khumalo
Maybe if I had a father by Ernia Khumalo
My pain is written on the wall by Iphile Ntloya
Let it rain by Avela Nompehle
A great lady by Thobekile Tshabalala
The woman within by Nande Mfunda
I remember my Academy of Columba leadership by Iphile Ntloya
The silent ocean is the deepest by Mihlali Njobe
Black Panther by Njabulo Mtsora
We are who we are by A.Mass
I am who I am by Iphile Ntloya
I am the pink shoe of joy by SaLuTe
I am the big book of sadness by Ntyantyambo Funda
The picture in the mirror by The Dynamic Trio
I am the tall tree of joy by Avela Nompehle
I remember when I was still a child by Someleze Laho
I remember my first heartbreak by Onesimo Dokolwana
Battleship by Sivuyisiwe Kutuka
Torn in two by Sivuyisiwe Kutuka
Lies by Sivuyisiwe Kutuka
Sometimes when it gets dark by Ernia Khumalo
Sometimes when I’m sad by Lilitha Giqo
Inyembezi zothando by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
Sometimes when I’m heartbroken by Nande Mfunda
Anger by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
Our nation by Bathabile Feni
Hurt and Broken by Nokuthula
Hoping you will come back by Someleze Laho
My language, my DNA by Iphile Ntloya
My language, My pride by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
It happened unexpectedly by Milani Matoti
Knowing my language – isiXhosa by Njabulo Mtsora
I’m a rise-up Zulu by Ntando Sibali
Sometimes when I am alone by Thobekile Tshabalala
IsiXhosa ngumdiliya by Bathabile Feni
A butterfly by Someleze Laho
Life’s unpredictable by Lisanda Tusani
Sometimes I see our people by Likho Kapesi
Different languages – one soul by Thobekile Tshabalala
My name is Njabulo by Njabulo Mtsora
My language, my soul by Lilitha Giqo
Sometimes when I’m sad by Iphila Ntloya
Green Grass Cries by Aviwe Msitheni
You took me by surprise by Lilitha Giqo
I remember my life with her by Aphelele Mbeki
I remember his last breath by Ernia Khumalo
I remember Waka-waka by Emihle Mtotywa
I remember the days by Ntando Sibali
I remember my first day at school by Ntyantyambo Funda
I remember when I lost my grandmother by Sandisiwe Zondani
I remember my father by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
I remember my first day at school by Thobekile Tshabalala
Wakanda Forever by Sophumelela Group
Bints by Sophumelela Group
Dano by Sophumelela Group
Amass by Sophumelela Group
Essays
My home, my hood by Lilitha Giqo
My Home, My Hood by Njabulo Mtsora
She killed and buried the old me by Ernia Khumalo
Breaking Dawn by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
My Hood by Nande Mfunda
I am by Onesimo Dokolwana
Travelling by Taxi by Sophumelela Group
My name is Zintle Zimba by Zintle Zimba
A Beam of Light by Lilitha Giqo
Quiet and Peace by Nokuthula
My language by Zintle Zimba
Spread like a house on fire by Nande Mfunda
The story of name by Anda Bholi
A growing family by Lisanda Tusani
Wathint’ abafazi by Aphelele Mbeki
Something can look small by Sihle Centane
Bold by Lisanda Tusani
Part of my roots by Nokuthula
A curse called multilingualism by Kensani “Black Child” Chauke
Bloom by Siyamthanda Mkheyiya
Umhlobo Wenene by Phiwe Adams
There is hope Likho Kapesi
The Beauty of Flowers by Ntyatyambo Funda
Being humble by Thobekile Tshabalala
My name is Sanelisiwe Zondani by Sanelisiwe Zondani
My name is Ntando by Ntando Sibali
The story behind my name by Emihle Mtotywa