Book

Umdlali obalaseleyo

Umdlali obalaseleyo

Details

Reading level
Level 4: Independent reader
Language
isiXhosa
Type
Reading book
Leveled reader
Fiction/Non-fiction
Fiction
Author
Erlina Makgalemele
Translator/Versioner
Bomikazi Njoloza
Illustrator
Moses Dhladhla
Editor
Asanda Sobuza
Publisher
Zenex Foundation
Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development (NMI)
Organization
Zenex Foundation
Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development (NMI)
Series
Ulwazi Lwethu African Languages Literacy Project
Country
South Africa
Year of publication
2023
Number of pages
16
Licensing condition
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International
Blurb:

The soccer player was a girl. The team did not believe a girl is tough enough to play with boys. She surprises them all.

Umdlali webhola ekhatywayo wayeyintombazana. Iqela lalingakholelwa ukuba womelele ngokwaneleyo ukudlala namakhwenkwe kodwa wabamangaza bonke.