Women’s Month might be behind us, but budding poet, Nyeleti Mushwana, is still eager to use her creative words and voice to dispel gender-based violence (GBV).
The Gobler Park teenager, who is a Grade 11 Princess High School learner, told the Record that she plans on using her poetry to address issues that affect females in their daily lives.
“People have somehow normalised wrong things in our society like how women are treated. I want to be the voice against GBV and educate people about these wrongs while enjoying my art,” she explained.
The talented and driven youngster recited her own poem on camera for the Record readers. It features scenes from the saddening death of eight-months pregnant Tshegofatso Pule, who was found with stab wounds hanging from a tree in Durban Deep, an area neighbouring Gobler Park in Roodepoort.
The youngster penned down the touching events of her death in her poem creatively, which evoke grief and sorrow.
“Poetry allows the listener to connect more with the topic, unlike delivering a speech. It’s similar to the impact music has on a listener; it’s deep. I plan to be a performing artist but I usually post my poems on social media which is a more convenient tool to share my work,” she explained.
After matric, she said she plans on studying medicine and also working on becoming a respected poet.
Her journey in life is supported by her caring and proud mother, Vanglina Baloyi, who supported her during the Record interview.
Follow her journey on Facebook and Instagram as Nyelethi Mushwana.
