South Africa-based teacher pens women’s book

EDUCATION is the key for women to achieve economic independence. Equal access to education for women remains a problem in some African countries, and as a way of inspiring the girl child to get education Robert Ngelo Ndiweni recently released a book titled The future is Tomorrow.

In an interview with Sunday Life he narrated what the book is all about.

“The book is about a girl who grew up in a poor family. She goes through poverty, hardships and it happens that she gets educated and she rises and become a prominent figure through education. In a nutshell this book is an inspiration to the young that no matter what challenges they are facing there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

“Basically this book will play a major role in the empowerment of the girl child and if they read this book they can see that you can overcome anything if they get educated and not just education only and also vocational training or technical skills,” said Ndiweni.

He also encouraged African writers to tell our own stories.

“My writings are inspired by the likes of Dambudzo Marechera, Achebe and other African writers and as African writers I think we should tell our own stories because if you look at the market it is saturated by European content and my book was published by Groep Seven Pretoria,” said Ndiweni.