{"id":48220,"date":"2021-09-23T09:21:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T07:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/storyteller-girl-6-releases-first-book-20210922-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:19:58","slug":"storyteller-girl-6-releases-first-book-20210922-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/storyteller-girl-6-releases-first-book-20210922-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Storyteller girl (6) releases first book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LISTENING to and watching her father doing what he loves most, storytelling, inspired a six-year-old to set her imagination free through recording her stories on her dad\u2019s phone. Eight of these stories from Owethu Ndlakuse were transcribed and compiled in her first storybook which was released on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ceed6363\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10441\/9c6faccd7b2b4ba5ae823f6ea4ce304d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10441\/be9401a8e8264511a3423a11cd8b7a7c.jpg\" title=\"Owethu with her father Madoda Ndlakuse showing their respective books that was launched recently. Owethu is a Grade 1 learner at Despatch Preparatory School.  Photo:HEILIE COMBRINCK\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Owethu with her father Madoda Ndlakuse showing their respective books that was launched recently. Owethu is a Grade 1 learner at Despatch Preparatory School.  Photo:HEILIE COMBRINCK<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Owethu is a Grade 1 learner at Despatch Preparatory School and the daughter of Madoda Ndlakuse well known Nal\u2019ibali literacy development activist, poet, interpreter, and expert when it comes to the art of IsiXhosa storytelling. Her mother, Lindelwa Ndlakuse, is a literacy centre manager for VW Community Trust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOwethu is very shy, but when she starts to tell her stories, she forgets about her shyness and transforms into a real storyteller,\u201d said Madoda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She started with the recordings of her stories during the COVID-19 initial lockdown period and since then has not stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe took my phone and said <span>\u2018Tata, please, I do not want anyone to disturb me, because I have a story in my mind, and I want to record it<\/span>\u2019. After each recording, she would excitedly come and play her story either to me or to her mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owethu recorded more than twenty stories. Madoda said her stories are excellently conceptualised and several of the stories have been posted online. The title of the book, <span>Mholweni igama lam ngu-Owethu<\/span> was the idea of her mother Lindelwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverytime Owethu recorded a story she started with <span>Mholweni igama lam ngu- Owethu<\/span> which means \u2018Hallo my name is Owethu\u2019. Her mother thought that would be a brilliant title to use as it\u2019s kind of her trademark. Its unique and we loved it,\u201d said Madoda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Principal of Despatch Preparatory School, Madel\u00e9ne Sachse said it is a first in the school\u2019s history of a learner publishing a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe power within storytelling should never be underestimated and fulfils an important role in early childhood development. At our school there is a huge emphasis on reading and storytelling with enjoyment. Fluency will come later. At first learners must enjoy reading,\u201d said Sachse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asja Strydom, an educator at Despatch Preparatory School and chairperson of the Literacy Association of South Africa (Eastern Cape) said she is very excited about Owethu\u2019s book and hope that it will inspire other learners to experience the importance of reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strydom has started a reading club as an extramural activity at the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe reading club is based on the initiatives Madoda has taught us in his Nal\u2019ibali programme. One of the aspects is to not separate age groups. Intergenerational activities involve not only reading, but dramatizing the story, roleplaying, crafting, dressing up and a book becomes a whole celebration of interactive forms of art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough enjoyment of reading, we create the \u2018want to read more\u2019 and to develop critical thinking,\u201d said Strydom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Madoda, \u201cIn the era in which we live, people do not have empathy anymore. They are more concerned about technical gadgets and data bundles. But with storytelling you do not need gadgets or data. 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