Zanele Situ: Nkhani Yanga

Authors: Andy Thesen, Jesse Breytenbach, Liz Sparg

Illustrator: Jesse Breytenbach

Translator: Agnes N.Singine Nyendwa

Ndinabadwa mu nthawi ya mafundi, mu muzinda wa Matatiele kumalo a Eastern Cape. Matatiele ili pafupi ndi Lesotho kumene kuli mapiri ambiri. Mu nthawi yozizira amaphimbidwa ndi chipale.

Atate amagwira nchito ya mamangidwe ndipo amayenda m'malo osiyanasiyana kukafuna nchito. Tinasamukira ku Lesotho ndipo ndikumene ndinali ndiyamba kupita kusukulu.

"Sindidziwa.

Tiyenera kuchitapo mayeso ena kuti tipeze chobvuta ndichiyani."

Ndinakhala m'chipatala zaka zitatu. Ndinali wolema ndipo ndinali kugona maola ambiri tsiku lililonse. Zaka zitatu zitapita adotolo anandiuza kuti sichidzakhala chotheka kuti ndikayendenso.

Ndinakwiya kwambiri chifukwa ndinali kukonda masewero.

"Tiganiza kuti Zanele ali ndi TB ya mumsana. Yagwira mitsempha. Pepani, koma adzakhala  ali kuyendera pa mphando wa mawiro moyo wake wonse."

Ndinapita kusukulu ya anthu apadera ya ku Umtata, ndipo aziphunzitsi anga anandilimbikitsa.

Inali sukulu ya zochita zochuluka monga masewero ndi zosokasoka. Pa masabata tinali ndi zinthu zochita. Tinali kukonza zipinda zathu, kupukuta nsapato ndi kutsuka mipando ya mawiro yathu.

"Zanele, kodi ungaponye javelini iyi kutali bwanji?"

Ndinaganiza kuti ndipitirize kuyesa, ndipo sindinabwerere kumbuyo.

Ngati ndiwe wopuwala, ungathe chitabe chinthu chimene umakonda.

Ndimakonda kuona kumene ndingathe kufikira, choncho ndilowa mu mipikisano.

Ndinakhoza bwino ndi kutenga mendulo ya mkuwa

ya shoti puti,

mendulo ya siliva ya disikasi

mendulo ya golide ya javelini.

Ndinafunitsitsa kuchita bwino ku masewero anga, choncho ndinaphunzira molimbika.

"Wakhoza, Zanele-

ulikuchita bwino nthawi zonse!"

ndikapumula, ndinali kukonda kusoka ndi kumvetsera nyimba za Mulungu.

Ndinalowa mumipikisano yambiri ndipo ndinatenga mamendulo ndi mphatso zambiri.

Ndinayamba kuganizira kuchita mipikisano ya anthu opuwala otchedwa Paralympics tsiku lina.

Paralympics ndi chimodzimodzi ngati Olympics, imene anthu amasewero m'dziko amapikisana kuti apate mamendulo a golide, siliva ndi buronzi.

Koma mu Paralympics otenga mbali ndi anthu opuwala munjira zosiyanasiyana, tero ayenera kuyesetsa molimbika kuti apambane!

Kenaka ndinamva kuti ndinali kupita ku Sydney ku Australia, kukatenga mbali ku Paralympics 2000. Pakanthawi tinali kuuluka pa nyanja ya India!

Ndine wokondwera kwambiri!

Pamene ndinafika, mwadzidzidzi ndinaopa anthu ambiri amene analipo ali kundiwonerera.

Ndinali kufuna kubwerera kunyumba.

Kenaka, pamene ndinaponya javelini inagwera patsogolo pa onse.

Ndinali wopambana pa dziko lonse la pansi ndipo ndinapata mendulo ya golide.

Ndinali mzimai woyamba mu dziko la Africa kupata mendulo ya golide ku Paralympics.

Ndinakondwera ndiponso ndinanyada kwambiri.

Cholinga changa ndi: pitiriza kupita patsogolo, londola maloto ako ndiponso osalema kuyesetsa. Ngakhale chinthu chimene chakupanga kukhala osakondwera kapena owopa.

Ndiye chimene ndimaphunzitsa mwana wanga wamkazi, Azamazi. Ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu ndipo nayenso amakonda kuchita masewero a maliwiro ndi ambwalo la nyumba la masewero.

Ndikadaphunzira ndi kupita kumipikisano, ndipo mchaka cha 2016 ndikhulupilira kuti ndidzapita ku Paralympic ku Rio de Janeiro.

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This story:Zanele Situ: Nkhani Yangais translated byAgnes N.Singine Nyendwa. The © for this translation lies with Agnes N.Singine Nyendwa, 2019. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'Zanele Situ: My Story', byAndy Thesen,Jesse Breytenbach,Liz Sparg. © Book Dash , 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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