Xibelani xa Kulani
Reading level
Level - 3B
Language
Xitsonga
Type
Reading book
Leveled reader
Fiction/Non-fiction
Fiction
Translator/Versioner
Vutivi Shirinda
Illustrator
Moses Dhladhla
Editor
Bongani Maluleke
Publisher
Zenex Foundation
Molteno Institute for Language and Literacies
Organization
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 u kombela vatswari va yena leswaku va n’wi xavela xibelani tanihi nyiko ya yena ya siku ro velekiwa. Munghana wa yena Risuna u ehleketa leswaku a hi nyiko ya kahle. Kambe Risuna u ncica miehleketo ya yena loko a vona Kulani a ri karhi a cina hi xibelani xa yena hi siku ro tlangela ndhavuko etikweni.