Enos Sambo: Umsunguli weMpumalanga Poetry Festival
Enos Sam Sambo, lotjengisa kakhulu njengomuntfu lonemandla ekuphuhliseni umtsetfo wemakhono etinkholo eMpumalanga, ungumsunguli kanye lomcabango we Mpumalanga Poetry Festival, luhlelo lolugcizelela emakhono emakhono endzawo futsi luphakamisa tivilo tetindzaba temaciko lamasha. Ava eMpumalanga, Enos unikele kakhulu emsebentini wakhe ekuphuhliseni emakhono etinkholo, aniketa tikhono letisha letincane ithuba lokubonisa emakhono abo ngalendlela lephumelelayo futsi kugcinwa umlando wemkhakha wezinkholo weluphawu lwesifundza.
Mpumalanga Poetry Festival, ngaphansi kwetibusiso bakhe, isibe luhlelo lolubalulekile esifundzeni, lutsandza tivilo tetindzaba kusukela emacandza onkhe eMpumalanga nasemacandzeni langaphandle. Luhlelo luniketa emahhovisi okufundza, emaphrojekthi emakhono, kanye netidvodvo temaphoyisa etindzaba, kuqinisekisa kutsi bantfu labahlanganyela bathola tikhombandlela letivela etinhlangothini leticokeme betfu futsi bantfwana banetfuba lekutsi babelane ngemsebenti wabo emphakatsini. Lolu hlelo alugcini nje ngokukhulisa emakhono, kodwa futsi luhlala lwakha umphakatsi lomunye phakathi kwabaculi bendzawo, lugqugquzela kubambisana futsi kushintjaniswa kwemasiko.
Ubuholi buka Enos Sambo budlula nje kuphela ekuphatheni luhlelo. Unetibopho letijulile ekufundziseni emakhono etinkholo kanye nekugcinwa kwemvelo yesiko, njalo evakashela tisitfunda, emakhaya emphakatsi, nemaphrojekthi etindzala letincane, kutsi agqugquzele sibone sekutfutfukisa tindzaba nemakhono etindzala letincane. Indlela yakhe yekuphila ngekwenta itfuba, iqinisekisa kutsi tintfwana letitsandzako emakhono tikhuluma kahle, tifundza tintfo tekudlala, futsi tibuye ticebise ngeluncedo lwekutsandza indzaba ngezilimi zabo, kufaka SiSwati, isiZulu, isiNdebele, neXitsonga.
Emnyakeni lonkhe, luhlelo lube lokugubha tivilo tetindzaba letingakhi, liniketa etintfwaneni lobutsandzako futsi litfuba lelitfanele kutsi badzinge imisebenzi ebhalwako, babambe ingcebo yetindzaba, futsi badlale etindzaweni letibekwe kahle. Kubaningi, luhlelo luluphawu lwetfuba lekutsi livakalise livo yabo futsi libonakale etindzaweni letikhulu.
Enos Sambo ugcizelela kutsi luhlelo alugcini nje ngemakhono etindzaba; luhlelo lokuphakamisa umnotfo wesiko leMpumalanga. Ngokugcizelela emakhono emakhono endzawo futsi ugqugquzela ukusetjentiswa kwezilimi zendzawo, luhlelo lugcizelela bukhosi besifundza futsi lugqugquzela bantfwana kutsi bagcine futsi bagubhe masiko abo.
Luhlelo lwesekelwa yinyunyana leNational Arts Council, futsi iMpumalanga Poetry Festival iyaqhubeka ikhula futsi ithinta kakhulu minyaka yonke. Umbono waEnos uqinisekisa kutsi luhlelo alugcini nje njengesenzakalo; luyisisekelo sekuphuculwa kwemakhono, kucocwa kwemphakatsi, futsi lobuciko lobuhle eMpumalanga.
Ngomsebenzi wakhe lowungapheli, Enos Sambo usebe ngumuntfu lonamandla eMpumalanga, kufakazela kutsi lutsandvo, tikhombandlela, kanye nekusekela komphakatsi kungaguqula emakhono etindzawo abe lobuhle lolubhalwe emazweni wonke.
