U’sispumla (“Auntie”) Quotes in My Children! My Africa!
I’ve actually been into it quite a few times. With my mom to visit Auntie, our maid, when she was sick. And with my dad when he had to take emergency medicines to the clinic. I can remember one visit, just sitting in the car and staring out of the window trying to imagine what it would be like to live my whole life in one of those little pondoks. No electricity, no running water, no privacy! Auntie’s little house has only got two small rooms and nine of them sleep there. I ended up being damn glad I was born with a white skin.
THAMI: Sala Kakuhle Isabel. That’s the Xhosa good-bye.
ISABEL: I know it. U’sispumla taught me how to say it. Hamba Kakuhle Thami.
U’sispumla (“Auntie”) Quotes in My Children! My Africa!
I’ve actually been into it quite a few times. With my mom to visit Auntie, our maid, when she was sick. And with my dad when he had to take emergency medicines to the clinic. I can remember one visit, just sitting in the car and staring out of the window trying to imagine what it would be like to live my whole life in one of those little pondoks. No electricity, no running water, no privacy! Auntie’s little house has only got two small rooms and nine of them sleep there. I ended up being damn glad I was born with a white skin.
THAMI: Sala Kakuhle Isabel. That’s the Xhosa good-bye.
ISABEL: I know it. U’sispumla taught me how to say it. Hamba Kakuhle Thami.
