However long it takes me to finish the PhD, it's already making me a better teacher," says Mashiloane, "because now I can share with my students what my people have been through, what they've written and how they've played."
'Noma kungangithatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuqeda iziqu zobudokotela kepha sekuvele kungenza uthisha ongcono ngoba manje sengiyakwazi ukuxoxela abafundi bami ukuthi abantu bakithi badlule kuphi, yini asebeyibhalile nokuthi babedlala kanjani.'