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    The Girl Who Could Not Read 'I See the Boats'
    The Girl Who Could Not Read 'I See the Boats'
    The Girl Who Could Not Read 'I See the Boats'
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    The Girl Who Could Not Read 'I See the Boats'

    By Brenda Wardle

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    Nunu, a young girl from a mixed racial background, grew up sheltered by her father, her uncles, and aunts. They lived in what was formerly a Coloured township in East London. She had kinky hair and a low pain threshold and in their home, the adults conversed in English and isiXhosa. Her father owned a fleet of taxis and Nunu was closest to the drivers and her nanny, Mamtshali. When she turned 6, she was enrolled at an Indian primary school and because her mother was away studying in a different city, her father, unable to manage her kinky hair, sent his friend, Barry, to take her to the barber. She returned bald-headed and was unable to handle the horror of her looks. Upon arrival at school, she forgot the English lines, which her father had taught her. When she needed to go to the toilet, she soiled herself and blurted out vulgar words in isiXhosa. During the first interval, she was admonished by the other children and slapped across the face, because she had fed bread to the sparrows playing down below. She was accused of throwing away the body of Jesus and being a stupid Kaffir who had her hair cut off, in order to hide her ugly afro! When she had to read from Janet and John Book 1, she mispronounced the word 'boats' and was ridiculed by the whole class, except for her only friend, Tony, who sympathized with her.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrenda Wardle
    Release dateOct 25, 2020
    ISBN9781005566685
    The Girl Who Could Not Read 'I See the Boats'
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    Brenda Wardle

    Brenda Wardle is a South African Doctor of Laws student. She is a prolific author - essayist and poet. Wardle has published books on high profile criminal cases including 'To Kill a Fragile Rose: The State's Case Against Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius" to mention but a few. Her genres span poetry, children's books, fiction and non-fiction. Wardle is Chief Operations Officer at the Wardle College of Law and is a legal analyst of international repute having been interviewed on Sky News by Jeremy Thompson, BBC by Karin Giannone, Fox News by South African Correspondent, Paul Tilsey, SABC by Dumile Mateza. Between 1st January 2017 and 8th April 2017 Wardle has published 15 titles. On the 1st May 2017 she will be publishing her latest book, The Verdict: The Legal Trials and Tribulations of President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (As Politics and the Law, Converge).https://t.co/tWXyidMl4y

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      The Girl Who Could Not Read 'I See the Boats' - Brenda Wardle

      The Girl Who Could Not Read

      ‘I See the Boats’

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      The Girl Who Could Not Read

      ‘I See the Boats’

      By

      Brenda Wardle

      Publisher:

      Wardle College of Law (Pty) Ltd

      P O Box 1335

      BASSONIA

      2061

      Mobile 078 383 4448 Fax 0866 800 903

      Email bwardle1@icloud.com

      Email2: cswardle@msn.com

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      The Girl Who Could Not Read

      ‘I See the Boats’

      Author: Brenda Wardle

      City of Publication: Johannesburg

      Country of Publication: South Africa

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      Copyright © 2020

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