Lindiwe The Voice Amongst the Eagles

By Tralone Lindiwe Khoza

“The well laid out poems take one on a journey transported by words twined into a tapestry of a rhythmic narrative.

A beautiful insight into women’s thought processes. A nostalgic journey into bravery, growing up and personal triumphs against all odds.
This book will give the reader insights into understanding where and why South Africa is today.”

– Kalumbu Kapisa, SAFTA nominated, renowned South African film and TV producer and Director. The shows he has worked on include Uzalo, Ashes to Ashes, Soul City and the upcoming epic disaster film titled “Johannesburg”.

“Poignant and provocative. Insightful and intuitive. Tralone speaks with the soul of Africa.”
– Gina Balarin, CEO of Verballistics, MCIM Chartered Marketer and author of The Secret Army: Leadership, Marketing and the Power of People. Gina has an MED with Distinction, has spoken at TEDx and on TV and lives in the UK.

“Thank you for inspiring us to embrace every season of life through your work. Dynamic TRIBUTE TO HER GRANDMOTHER! I invite the reader to journey and be transformed by this INSPIRATIONAL & TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY SOCIAL ACTIVIST. Imbongi #TraloneLindiweKhoza. Let’s share her work to bless many!

– Octavia Lindiwe Ephraim, Executive & Christian Image Consultant, Personal Development Coach, Talk–Show Host, Child Welfare Tshwane Ambassador & Tshwane Leadership Foundation Board Member.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tralone Lindiwe Khoza
• Release date: Aug 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463111697

Book preview

Dedication

I dedicate this book to the memory of my late grandmother, Xoshiwe Mnisi Nkobane.

Acknowledgements

This book would not have been possible without God Almighty, Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, and the presence of the Holy Spirit in my life.

... for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Acts 17:28

Thank you to my family, including my children, Thapelo and Nyeleti, and my late grandmother, the best storyteller I ever knew. Thanks also to the spiritual teachers and mentors who have guided me in this journey of life. This includes the late Dr Maya Angelou who stirred the gift of poetry in my life and who said, ‘Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.’

About the Author

Tralone Lindiwe Khoza is best described as a psalmist, prophetess and a minister of the Gospel of Christ. In her profession as a marketing specialist she is the founder of Leading Lindiwe Blogspot and Lindiwe’s Folktales: Media and Branding. She describes herself as lover of life writing and she is passionate about changing the state of South Africa’s creative industry. She holds a BA Communications degree from the University of Johannesburg and a postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (IMM).

She has written for All4Women, BizCommunity, Joy magazine and internationally her work includes writing for MUMSRU, an online magazine for single mothers in the UK, as well as for a South Australian woman’s fashion magazine. She is also the international country coordinator for Women Poets International Movement (Mujeres Poetas Internacional MPI) in South Africa.

Recent publications of her work includes poems:

Black Eagles Fly High, which was published in Best New African Poets 2016 Anthology, and two poems: Hair things and God I want to go to Ghana, which were chosen for the Writing Language, Culture and Development, Africa vs Asia Volume 1 Anthology to be published in 2018.

Other places where her poems have appeared include The Kalahari Review, Parousia magazine (Nigeria) and UNICEF’s Voice of the Youth Blog.

Synopsis

Lindiwe: The Voice amongst the Eagles represents the voice of every woman. It is an intrinsic collection of poems that includes autobiographical work including early childhood memories, adulthood experiences, moments of personal reflection, and poems about triumphing against all odds. It also addresses critical socio-political events in South Africa. It will speak to the reader, particularly women, on different levels, who will identify themselves with the material, be inspired and laugh at themselves in the same breath.

You were created by God to fly like eagles (Isaiah 40:31) and subdue the earth (Genesis 1:26). Go out there and make it happen!

Winter

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Winter

1. Cranky

2. Angazi Ngiyenzeni (I Don’t Know What to Do)

3. Collins Chabane – Cry, Womb of Africa

4. Oh, You Wretched Flesh!

5. Nkululeko Habedi – 9 March 2015

6. Oom Willem Hendrik ‘Bees’ Marais

7. Sibongile

8. Our People March

9. The Victimisation of Foreign Nationals Must End

10. The Window of Love Missed

11. The Sun Has Set and His Season Has Ended

12. Write

Autumn

13. Bitter-Sweet: 30 March 2015

14. Cinderella’s Glass Slippers

15. Conundrum with a Bottle of Home-Made Canned Peaches

16. Divine Encounters

17. If I Stopped by the Woods

18. Keys to a Place Called Home

19. Say You Love Me

20. Resignation Blues – A Daunting Task

21. The Boardroom on 50 William Road

22. This is Her Cup of Loneliness

23. You Alone are God

Spring

24. Beloved

25. Black Eagles Fly High

26. Her Name Has Been Called

27. Mountain Must Move

28. Our Lives Will Canoe Us by the Riverside

29. Rebirth

30. Spaces

31. Tales About Love

32. The Colour Blue and Little Feet

33. Turn Over a New Leaf

34. What is in Thine House?

35. The Lover of My Soul

Summer

36. A Love