Maseru, Nov.10—A 25-year-old Majone Makhotla born and bred in a small village of Ha-Koali Berea, says culture, language and patriotism is important for every nation hence his newly published book “Tiea Mochana”.
Narrating his journey, the National University of Lesotho (NUL) alumni and holder of Bachelor of Arts in Geography indicates his new journey was triggered upon realizing that Sesotho and its meaning is like a ghost in the minds of his peers thus fading away.
“Tiea Mochana” cover art depicting boys seated and paging through books and another supposed to be a teacher standing next to what could be tamed black board with a small ship sailing through the water.
He notes the precious language, which was once a roar, is now a whisper saying that the young generation’s tongues are tangled in foreign words while Sesotho is a distant echo.
He said, he keenly feels a cultural erosion. “I saw a silence growing. A silence where our stories once lived. Other nations, they guard their mother tongues as treasure. Here, we let ours fade.”..
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