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Abafundi Babhiyozela Ababhali

Ngaba uyayazi loo mvakalelo imnandi yokusonga incwadi, uyinukise, ubambe ingubo kunye nekomityi eshushu yeti kwaye ukhukuliseke kumagama encwadi? Utyala loo mvakalelo kumbhali. Ukuba ukhe wafuna ukubhiyozela umbhali, ngoNovemba woku-1 lusuku. USuku lweSizwe lwabaBhali luvunywa ngabafundi beencwadi kwilizwe liphela njengosuku lokubhiyozela umsebenzi onzima wombhali omthandayo.

Kuhambo lokuntywila encwadini, asifane sithi nqumama ukuze sivume wonke umsebenzi onzima owenziweyo kuyo. Iinyembezi, ebusuku kakhulu, ukuzithemba, kunye nokubhala okungapheliyo zizinto zonke ezithathayo ukuze ube ngumbhali. Kwaye leyo kuphela yincam yokoqobo ye-iceberg yencwadi.

Nditsho kuba ndingumbhali. Ngexesha lobhubhane, ngelixa uninzi lwafunda ukubhaka isonka, isakhono endasifumana kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, ngombulelo, ndafumana ithuba lokuchitha ixesha ndikhulisa uthando lwam lokubhala kwaye ndapapasha iincwadi ezimbini. Ukundibhalela kufana nokuhamba kwexesha. Ndifumana ukuphonononga umhlaba endiwenzileyo entlokweni yam, okanye ndiphinde ndityelele iindawo zam zangaphambili. Ndifumana ukuzisa iziqwenga zezo hlabathi ebomini. Ndineentsuku ndihleli nelaptop yam iiyure phambi kwefestile yam. Ngeentsuku ezithile ndandidada yaye ikomityi yam yekofu yayibanda ngomzuzu njengoko ndandichwetheza. Kwezinye iintsuku, ndibhale isivakalisi esinye esinamandla emva koko ndemka kwilaptop yam iiveki.

Kumbhali, ihlabathi liphela liyimenyu yokuyila. Ndikholelwa ngamandla ukuba sonke singabalibali, ngakumbi abathandi beencwadi. Sifuna amabali angenakuchazwa kulo lonke iphepha. Ndifuna impembelelo kuluhlu lwam oluhlala lukhula lwababhali abathandayo. Ndandingasoloko ndizibiza ngokuba ndingumbhali. Ndicinga ukuba ekukhuleni kwam ndigxile kakhulu kwimigangatho yoluntu yento endifanele ukuba yiyo, kwaye umbhali wayengekho kuluhlu lwabo. Kwaba de ndahlala ngaphambili kwiZiko laseNewman lobuGcisa baseDenver ngobusuku obubandayo, obunekhephu ngoNovemba. Ndibambe iincwadi ezimbini ezikhethekileyo ezandleni zam, ndaphulaphula ababhali. Ndababukela njengoko befunda amabali abo nendlela ukubenyanyeza kwegama ngalinye kwakubonakala kukhanyisa ubomi babo. Ndaziva ngathi ndikuphela komntu egumbini xa uJulia Alvarez odumileyo kunye noKali Fajardo-Astine, omnye uDenverite kunye nombhali ophumelele ibhaso uSabrina & Corina, bencokola ngohambo lwababhali babo. UJulia wandisusa umphefumlo xa wayesithi, "ube sele ungumfundi, uye waqonda ukuba lilinye ibali ongalifundanga: elona balibali." Ndabona ukuba isibindi endandisidinga ukubhala ibali lam sasilapho, ngaloo mazwi. Ngoko, ngosuku olulandelayo ndaqalisa ukubhala incwadi yam. Ndiyibeke ecaleni iinyanga ezimbalwa kwaye njengoko ubhubhane usithathela izinto ezininzi kunye nesizathu sam sexesha, ndafumana ixesha lokuhlala ndigqibezele imemori yam.

Ngoku, iincwadi zam zenze ukuba kuluhlu oluthengiswa kakhulu, kwaye kwiincoko nabafundi abaninzi, batshintshile ubomi. Ngokuqinisekileyo kubutshintshe ubomi bam ukubhala zombini ezi ncwadi. Ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwababhali ababhiyozelwayo baye baziva ngendlela efanayo.

Ukuvuyisana nababhali ngokuthenga iincwadi kwiivenkile zeencwadi zakho zasekuhlaleni. Endizithandayo ziiNcwadi ezikwicala laseWest kunye neTattered Cover. Bhala uphononongo, cebisa kubahlobo bakho kunye nabo ubathandayo. Sinenqwaba yeencwadi ezijikeleze ikhaya lethu lamabali ekufuneka sibaliswa. Leliphi ilizwe oza kuzintywilisela kulo namhlanje? Ngowuphi umbhali oya kumbhiyozela?