There is something beautiful and humanizing about hearing a person’s story in their own words. Last year in Swaziland I had the honor of interviewing Nkosingiphile Mamba and compiling a Legacy Book for his son Sphumelelo. Here are some of Nkosingiphile’s words to his son.
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“My name is Nkosingiphile Mamba. I am 42 years old. I have one son, Sphumelelo he is 6 years old, and he is alive. He is never sick. I hope that when I die my son will live more. My wife is also sick, very, very sick. My son likes that he lives with me and he loves being with me. I love to give him sweets and carry him around. My son knows that I have HIV/AIDS and wants to be with me a lot.
When I die I hope that Sphumelelo will remember that I would give him 2 Rands every day to buy sweets. When I am no more, no one will be there to give him sweets and to hold him. No one will be there to ask him how he is doing every day when he comes home.
I am working now, but the sickness is getting stronger, I do not have the money to go to the hospital, transportation is costly.
I hope that Sphumelelo will grow up and become a teacher because he has a good mind. I couldn’t live with out Sphumelelo, every day I want to hear his stories and every day I love to put him on my shoulders and laugh with him.
My legacy to my son is the hope that he will put God in everything that he does and follow Jesus, I hope that my son lives to have a family of his own, a family to love the way that I have loved him.”
