THE QUEEN OF SQUAT

Inkosi Ye-Squat: Indaba Yobugebengu Nokuguquka kusuka eKigali kuya eJoburg
Lapho inhlanhla ishaya, abanye abesifazane abahlali nje… bayaguquka.
Sonia Ishami, umsizi waseRwanda onezithunzi ezingemuva, ubona impilo yakhe ishintsha ngokuphelele emva kokugebenga okukhulu okumele kumphonse ekubalekeni eKigali. Kusuka eNairobi kuye eJohannesburg, uzaziguqula ibe uRegina Hills, enesifiso sokwakha kabusha impilo yakhe, umzimba wakhe, nekusasa lakhe. Phakathi kobuningi, ubugebengu, ukukhohlakala, nothando olujulile, uthola amandla wokuziphatha nokuguqulwa komuntu siqu.
Ku-“Inkosi Ye-Squat”, ungene endabeni eshaya inhliziyo lapho amaqembu ayigugu efihla izimfihlo eziyingozi, lapho zonke izinqumo zingashintsha konke, futhi lapho ukuguquka komzimba kuba uphawu lokuzalwa kabusha kwangaphakathi. Kusuka eKigali kuya eJoburg, landela uhambo lwesifazane ongavumi ukuchazwa yisikhathi sakhe esidlule futhi okhetha ukudala ikusasa lakhe ngezindlela zakhe.
Igcwele umsindo, idrama, nothando, le noveli ibeka abafundi emhlabeni lapho ubugebengu, ubuningi, nokuzimisela kuhlangana—futhi ukumelana nokuhlupheka kuba ubuciko bokuphila.