POET Jessica Mbangeni has penned a befitting tribute to the late Don Mattera.
In her eulogy, she described Mattera as a present father who healed the wounds of absent fathers.
She also thanked him for supporting her projects.
She wrote: “I would not be where I am if you did not sing the Love Song of Azania. I remember you confronting the client, telling it as it is as they were trying to censor us for a project. You taught me to sleep restful nights by saying no to mediocrity. Tata, you supported the Feelasista by Lebogang Mashile, Napo Masheane and @Ntsiki Mazwayi.
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“You became a present father healing the wound of our absent fathers. You have been there for all of us, ooKgafela oo@Afurakan, ooKojo Bafo, ooFlo, oo@Mark Mak Manaka,” she wrote.
“I am crying tears of joy that you gave us so much love. I am in pain because we couldn’t give you equivalently from how you gave us. Good Night Tat’uDon Matera. Ubulise kwimbongi nakubabhali bonke nditsho nakwimvumi, ababumbi,” she continued.
Lebo Mashile responded: “‘You became a present father healing the wound of our absent fathers’ – @jessicambangeni’s words pierce right through me. Thank you for this tribute to Ntate Don.”
