Joyina iimbongi zaseCalifornia eziKolweni kwintlanganiso yethu yesi-2 yasemini yangoLwesibini.  Ngomhla wesi-8 kuSeptemba ukususela ngo-12-2pm, uRaie Crawford, uMphathi weNkqubo osuka eWITS Houston uya kubonelela ngoqeqesho kwezona ndlela zibalaseleyo zokufundisa ubugcisa bokubhala.  Le ndibano yocweyo ilungiselelwe iimbongi zaseCalifornia kwiimbongi-ooTitshala beZikolo.

URaie Crawford yi-Wiley College Alumna evela eHouston, eTexas. Njengomdlali we-Houston VIP Slam Champion kabini kunye ne-2017-2018 i-Houston Performance Poet of the Year. URaie ubekwe phakathi kwe-20 ephezulu phakathi kwe-Women of the World Poetry Slam kunye ne-25 ephezulu ngaphakathi kwinqanaba le-Individual World Poetry Slam. URaie waqala kwiWits ngo-2018 njengombhali ongumhlali. Emva konyaka, wajoyina iqela lolawulo njengoMphathi weNkqubo. Ngexesha lakhe njengoMphathi weNkqubo uRaie usebenza ngokuthe ngqo noluntu lwababhali ukubonelela ngophuhliso lobuchwephesha kunye nesicatshulwa esiphendula ngokwenkcubeko ukuqinisekisa ukuba bonke abafundi banokubona ukubonakaliswa kokwenyani kwabo kuyo yonke inkalo yokubhala ngokuyilayo. Kwakhona, ukhokela inkqubo entsha (i-WITS Cultural Collaborative) egxininisa kwiimfuno zenkcubeko zabafundi bemibala kunye nababhali bethu bemibala.   Ngo-2018 wakhupha incwadi yakhe yokuqala ethi "Phakathi |Isithuba |" ebamb…