Mother to Mother

by

Sindiwe Magona

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Hokkie Term Analysis

A shack or small shelter.
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Hokkie Term Timeline in Mother to Mother

The timeline below shows where the term Hokkie appears in Mother to Mother. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6: 4 a.m. – Thursday 26 August 1993
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The police continue to dismantle the house. They destroy the hokkie where Mxolisi and Lunga slept, look in the rafters, in closets, and under beds. As... (full context)
Chapter 8
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...duties around the house but after six months is fed up, and so rents a hokkie for herself and Mxolisi, a home she describes as a “hokkie of my own.” (full context)
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...at four years old. He is playing at the big house whose yard houses Mandisa’s hokkie. He often plays with the teenage boys, Zazi and Mzamo, who live in the house.... (full context)
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One day Nono visits Mandisa in her hokkie. Nono has returned to school and is busy, but has made time for her old... (full context)
Chapter 9: 6 a.m. – Thursday 26 August
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...saw Mxolisi the previous day; he ran into the house and hid something in the hokkie. Siziwe has a “cagey” look, and won’t tell Mandisa any more details. (full context)