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*	ULionel Richie Uthetha Ngecwecwe Elithi
Louder than Words


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Uthetha Ngecwecwe EIithi Louder Than Words
Ukuzondelela kwakhe kuyosulela, umoya anawo unamandla, kwaye ungumntu onengqondo ephangaleleyo. ULionel Richie uncokola ngokumangaliseka nangovuyo ngecwecwe lakhe elitsha elithi LOUDER THAN WORDS nelllelokuqala elishicllelwe kwaMercury Records






















U
 THI, Uvuyo Iukwiingoma endizicufayo. Ewe, ndiyilwele impumelelo, ndizamile ukufikelela kwelinye inqanaba Iokuvuthwa, nokuba ndifumane uvuyo.
Uyaliva eIi futhe kwindlela ancokola nacula ngayo uLionel. Uyindoda eneenjongo.
Ndizimisele ukuba ngulo mntu endinguye. lcwecwe lam elithi Louder Than Words
lindanelisile kuba libonisa ukuba ndimi phi namhlanje.
Njengomqambi olingana nolrvin Berlin ngeengoma ezifikelele kwinqwanqwa Iokuqala emculweni, uRichie udlamke ngokungathi ungumfiki emculweni. Xa
ethetha uyakhawuteza,
uyatsiba xa evelisa
iingongoma ezithile,
okumanyumnyezi
ukwenza kube luIa.
Wakuthetha
noLionel Richie ukhawuleza ulibale ukuba uyenye yezona mvumi bezitshatshele kumashumi amathathu
eminyaka adlulileyo,
ethengisa izigidi zamacwecwe
kubathandi bomculo bamazwe
ngamazwe.
URichie uthi: Nanini xa
ndiza kushicilela icwecwe
elitsha, ndiwaphosa kwesinomhlwa amanzithinzithi adlulileyo, ndizimisele ngathi licwecwe Iam lokuqala. Ngeli cwecwe, ndijolise ekubumbeni isiqalo umculo wam.
Esi siqalo sisuka kwipop ukuya kwicountry, ukuya kwiA&B ucuntsule nakwijazz. Njengomqambi nomculi weengoma, ukuba bhetyebhetye kukaLionel kubalasele.
Ukuthi shwaka kwakhe iminyakaemine
kumagumbi okushicilela umculo kube negalelo elitindelwe ngomdla kwecwecwe lakhe elithi Louder Than Words.
ULionel utyatyadula athi: Kwiminyaka edlulileyo ndiye ndakhula, ndeva
iintlungu, ndazigocagoca ndenza neenguqu. Ndiyazivuyela ezo nzima.
Ezo nzima zibandakanya ukuswelekelwa nguyise, uqhawulo-mtshato nokusweleka komhlobo ngenx yeAIDS.
Zozithathu ezi ziganeko beziqoba amandla, usithele thsuphe oko. Bendingenakwenza ngakumbi ngaphandle kokuzinika ixesha iimvakatelo zam. llahleko ibiqala ngqa ukundehlela.
Bendingenakuze ndiyishenxise Jula okanye ndiyivuthele. Kuye kwafuneka ndijamelane nelahleko, ndize ndizibuze ukuba ngaba ndinokuphila nezi zithonga? ngaba ndomelele ngokwaneleyo?
Ndiyavuya kukuba ndomelele. Ndonwabile kuba ndibe nako ukuzibek ezi mvakalelo zelahleko nenzuzo -zonke iimvakalelo zam njengomntu -kweli cwecwe.










Amangenelo waposele apha:
BONA-L1ONEL flICHUE COMPETITION, BOX 1 5509, DOORNFONTE1N 2028
Amangenelo makabe afikile kuthi phambi komhla wama - 27 kuseptemba, 1996.

IMIBUZO
1.	Lithini igama lecwecwe
likaLionel Richie mvanje?


2.	Eli cwecwe ulikhuphe emva kweminyaka emingaphi engashicileli uLionel Richie?



60 BONA XHOSA - September 1996

*Ubali ubaJasele emculweni wokholo

62 BONA XHOSA - September 1996

