Mind your language

if you watched The Matrix, you know that there is no reality – there is only perception. What we don’t all know, however, is the fact that the language we use shapes our perception of the world as well as our behaviour and actions in reaction to that perception.

I’m Ndebele. IsiNdebele is the first language I spoke. I then learnt English in preschool. In high school, I learnt French. Due to an interest in a boy, I learnt a smattering of Setswana. While