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Shattering shackles launched

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Kgosietsil­e Kevin Kooagileit­shinacespt­aion,vtiositohe­nopenin0g6­than,d2t0h2e 3recboyrdP­edoefotoic­tabgelood Publishers. to tell inspiratio­nal stories. He recently He further explained that the title of launched his debut book titled ‘Shatter- the book ‘Shattering Shackles’ was insofpiref ing Shackles’.

Kooagile is a Christian poet and he is ‬3‬:‬17‬-‬18. He is of the view that this better known ‘The Poetic Genius’. For his scrispcrte­uerneed mthepclrio­mwdentots writing talent, he associates himself with perfectly as it directly influences people

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themes of love, loss, feminism and most to embrace the essence of liberation importantl­y, spirituali­ty. from the personal bondage of which can

He is of the view that reading helps only be achieved by allowing the spirit people deal with problems and so he of the Lord to abide in them. The book wanted to contribute to saving lives. “I consaisnta­sveorfag1e 3w9ompaang’selsif,e and it is made up thought of sharing with the world a read of 10 chapters. Each chapter serves a difbTohiso­bkootkhwea­rseau-thoredfeby­rengtirlps that will be life changing. This uturrpn oinsteo with a different fore targets stimulatin­g healing, love, and pain,Kooagile shared. He also shared that progressiv­e movement towa1r4dth­s hatosacbhe­ieevensoim­neflthuine­gn. ced by the works of raison detre,” he said. he Late Maya Angelou, Lebo Mashile,

This book is a poetry collection with William Shakespear­e and Katlego Moleboboak­tsis.o“mTethiengy­thcaot poems that embody a motiohnert­fhirasttbi­osouk.nT-his nistsroilb­eluy tined affluently to my predictabl­e. It has a linguistic and spiritual diction and wordplay. The experience­s resonances that open the dpoerospre­sctiovefon­thoew hMeoznelal. w“rWoetehatv­he is book were the sublime. Kooagile added that the book incentives that made me complete the also has a versatile approach12­tothoitu,ghwt okO,”urhmeotshh­eras rheavde.liTvehd iist,”book’s target audience goes from expressing the highs of being includes both the youfonrcge athnedmste­hlvesoolnd.me. fond of Christ, to descriptio­ns of relation- Just two weeks down the line after

icprsuiste­hs.aTthaeryea­lbsoootfhf­erddraayin­ing ancirdculm­ifsetangci­eviisndgif­f,erent lbauut ncohf ipnegoptlh­e.eItbisomoe­ka,ntKtooaogt­hileer disappoint­ments and challenges faced. he is content about the positive feedback

ed onfirNst hthe rec‘Feoirvgive­esGodn’ k abenidng thhairshho­en swaoymsen, shows that reading culture is revived in the country. “Most of our readers have attested that this book has took them through their most darkest moments right into a state of light and healing,” he said. “I see myself in the lines of JK Rowling and the late Maya Angelou. The impact they have made has me seeing the triumph in my journey as an author,” he said, noting that in the next few years he envisions becoming one of the best authors and poets the African co“nThteinmei­nxetdhfaee­slinegvs ethreprodu­ced. His favourite chapters in this book include; Self loa ments. As a first time publisher, he looks forward to publish mnoot in the future.

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