BOTHO-UBUNTU: A Collection of Short Stories & Poems, 67 Young African Writers

150pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Shofar Books, (Cape Town), 2023

ISBN: 9780796111203

These short stories and poems written by children from across South Africa and beyond, celebrate the teaching of ubuntu and encourage its values of respect, caring, sharing and empathy.

Dr Gladys Ke-Di-Bone Mokwena, now retired, taught at the College of Education, UNISA. She collected these 67 stories on her 67th birthday as her 67 minutes of community service for Mandela Day, to honour the 67 years Nelson Mandela gave to public service and the struggle to end apartheid.