Sibhelani saKulani
Reading level
Level - 3B
Language
SiSwati
Type
Reading book
Leveled reader
Fiction/Non-fiction
Fiction
Translator/Versioner
Zandile Malaza
Illustrator
Moses Dhladhla
Editor
Timmy Ndlovu
Publisher
Zenex Foundation
Molteno Institute for Language and Literacies
Organization
The Zenex Foundation
Molteno Institute for Language and Literacies
Series
Ulwazi Lwethu African Languages Literacy Project
Country
South Africa
Year of publication
2023
Number of pages
12
Licensing condition
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International
Blurb:
Kulani asks her parents to buy her xibelani for her birthday. Her friend Risuna thinks it’s a silly present. But Risuna changes her mind when she sees Kulani dancing in her xibelani on national heritage day.
Kulani ucela batali bakhe kutsi bamtsengele sibhelani ngelilanga lakhe lekutalwa. Umngani wakhe Risuna ucabanga kutsi sipho lesibi. Kepha Risuna untjintja kucabanga kwakhe uma abona Kulani agidza ngesibhelani sakhe ngelilanga lemagugu lavelonkhe.