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I am a #selfpublished author of 15 books
Growing up, I played diketo and made toys with clay. I played with both sexes, when minding the cattle I would play boys games and when fetching water or firewood or doing laundry down the ravine I would play girls games. I was born in the now Gauteng province but being a black person, I was not allowed to be registered as having been born there so I was registered as having been born in the district of Mount Fletcher.

I had a normal childhood for one raised in the bundus and I loved my life. My grandmother is my mother and my mother is my sister, that is how it was and that is how it remains in my psyche.

I started school at the age of 5, my best friends were my cousin and a girl who lived with my aunt ...more

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	Her Heart 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Joy: The life of Nell as Makoti (Her Heart Book 2) 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Their Hope: Dira finds love again really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Triumph: Surviving the trauma 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Dry Tears Of A Bleeding Child The 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Le roitelet

by Jean-François Beauchemin

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Moshoeshoe I: In his Own Words

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The Voyage Out

by Virginia Woolf

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Oct 13, 2019 11:45PM

Yandisa wrote: "Hi Tumelo,

I am looking for the link you gave me for that short story. I know its late :-("

Hey Yandisa. I can't believe I am only seeing this comment now.
This is the link, you can see go and read for your pleasure and post your review for my benefit.
https://www.gamaphile.co.za/story/rea...

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May 20, 2019 10:34AM

Hi Tumelo,

I am looking for the link you gave me for that short story. I know its late :-(

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