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THE WEDDING
*SINGING AND CHANTS*
UNCLE: (PRAISES THE FAMILY AND YELLS THE STHAKAZELO)
AUNTIES: (ULUATES)
IN THE DRESSING ROOM
ME: (BREATHE IN)
...: YHO YHO YHO (BREATHES IN)
I ZIP UP HER DRESS
ME: YHO. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN EATING LESEGO ?
L: (SHAKES HEAD) DICK.
...: HAA-AHH
SHE HITS HER SHOULDER AND WE LAUGH
ME: I TOLD YOU MA, YOUR DAUGHTER IS NOT THE GOOD CHILD YOU THINK SHE IS.
MOM: MHH-HMM. SHES JUST EXCITED THAT SHE WILL BE GETTING MARRIED
DOOR OPENS
MY DAD ENTERS
DAD: OUUU, NKANYEZI YAMI
HE HUGS LESEGO
ME: (SMILES)
DAD: YOU HAVE MADE ME PROUD, YOU ARE SPREADING THE JALI SURNAME IN GOOD WAYS
HE LOOKS AT ME
DAD: UNLIKE YOUR OLDER SISTER, SHE WANTS TO STAY UNMARRIED AND ALONE.
I FROWN
ME: I DON’T BELIEVE IN LOVE DAD, BIG DEAL.
DAD: WHATS THAT SOUND
THEY START LAUGHING
ME: ARGH, ITS NO COWARDLY
DAD: COWARD
ME: MOM.
MOM: JALI
DAD: SHE LIKES CALLING US COWARDS MOSS, BUT SHES THE BIGGEST ONE, SHE IS SCARED TO GET MARRIED AND GROW HER HUSBANDS SURNAME
ME: THAT’S MY CUE
BEFORE I CAN REACH THE DOOR, SOMEONE WALKS IN.
ME: MALUME
MALUME: YEBO MSHANA, ISKHATHI (LOOKS AT MY DAD).
DAD: MHH
MY AUNTS ENTER AND START TELLING MY SISTER WHAT SHE IS SUPPOSED TO DO AT HER MARITIAL HOME. FUCK LOVE, I DON’T NEED A MAN TO MAKE ME LOVE MYSELF MORE.
MOM: MASEGO.
I TURN AROUND
MOM: SIT.
ME: BUT MOM
MOM: YEY... PHANTSI NOW !!!
I CLOSE THE DOOR AND SIT DOWN.
MOM: YOU WILL RESPECT YOUR MAN, MAKE SURE HE IS WELL CATERED FOR AND IS HAPPY ALWAYS.
AUNT: MAKE AS MANY KIDS AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN, BARE HIM HEIRS TO GROW HIS SURNAME
ME: (ROLLS EYES).
MY MOM HITS ME ON MY EYES
ME: AWWW
MOM: NO ATTITUDE (LOOKS AT ME), NO DISRESPECT. DO NOT DO THINGS I HAVE NOT TAUGHT YOU...
I LOOK AT LESEGO.
ME: (COUGHS) PUNK
MY MOM HITS ME
ME: AWW
MOM: AND NEVER GO TO BED ANGRY AT EACH OTHER ANGISHO.
L: (NODS WHILE SMILING)
I STARE AT HER. MY LITTLE SISTER.
DESCRIPTION:
MASEGO KHANYI JALI.
AGED: 27
DESCRIPTION:
LESEGO KWAZI JALI
AGED: 25
MOM: ANY WORDS FOR YOUR SISTER MASEGO ?
I LOOK AT THEM
ME: I’M PROUD OF HER. SHE MUST MAKE ME EVEN MORE PROUD.
MOM: AND PRAY FOR HER.
ME: I AM HAPPY BY MYSELF, THANK YOU.
L: THANK YOU SISSY
SHE HUGS ME
L: (WHISPERS) I GOTCHU.
ME: (SMILES)
THEY START SINGING AND WE GET UP. I WAS DRESSED IN A ZULU DRESS SIMILAR TO LESEGO'S DRESS BECAUSE DEAREST MOTHER WANTED TO SHOW THE MEN OF OUR CLAN THAT I AM STILL ON THE MARKET. I WORE A WHITE ZULU DRESS WITH WHITE BEADS WHILE L WORE BLACK AND WHITE. IT WAS PART OF THE THEME I GUESS, AND MY MOM MAKING ME WEAR WHITE, WAS A SIGN THAT SHE IS STILL AVAILABLE BO BROTHER, (CLICKS TONGUE), LITTLE DID SHE KNOW I WASN’T EVEN THERE. I WAS DESTINED TO DIE ALONE. NO KIDS, NO MAN. JUST ME AND MY MONEY AND TRAVELLING THE WHOLE WORLD, PROBABLY SETTLE DOWN IN AN ISLAND AND GROW OLD THERE. THAT WAS THE IDEAL AND INITIAL PLAN FROM THE GET GO.
MOM: ASAMBENI
SHE HANDS ME AN UMBRELLA THAT MATCHES WITH MY DRESS.
LADIES: (SINGING)
L LOOKS AT ME AND THEY GIVE HER HER SPEAR AND SHIELD. SHE LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL.
L: YOU OKAY
ME: PISSED
SHE LEADS THE WAY
YOU ARE READING
RAFAEL NGUBANE
Non-FictionMAIN CHARACTERS: • RAFAEL NGUBANE • MASEGO JALI KA NGUBANE • LESEGO JALI KA NGUBANE • RIOMERO NGUBANE • ROXXY JALI KA NGUBANE • ROMEO NGUBANE RAFAEL NGUBANE, A TRIPLET WHO HAS HAD A INSANE CRUSH ON MASEGO JALI, A SCARRED YOUNG LADY, MUST NAVIGATE TH...
