Rosina Sedibane Modiba - an athlete who achieved superstar status, whose story has not been told for more than forty years.
As a young girl, she ran faster than all the herders - even the boys - when they were chasing cows in the village.
Her father, Johannes, chased rabbits, which he caught with his own hands...
Running was in the Sedibane blood, including Rosina's.
But for a black girl child in apartheid South Africa, life was not going to be easy.
Yet Rosina grew up to be a record-breaking athlete in the 1970s.
This is her story.
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There’s something special about hearing a story told by the person who wrote it. Sit back, press play, and listen as Lorato Trok brings her story to life in English and Setswana, courtesy of Solid Gold Story Time.
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Rosina Sedibane Modiba - an athlete who achieved superstar status, whose story has not been told for more than forty years.
As a young girl, she ran faster than all the herders - even the boys - when they were chasing cows in the village.
Her father, Johannes, chased rabbits, which he caught with his own hands...
Running was in the Sedibane blood, including Rosina's.
But for a black girl child in apartheid South Africa, life was not going to be easy.
Yet Rosina grew up to be a record-breaking athlete in the 1970s.
This is her story.
Listen to Our Stories 🎧
There’s something special about hearing a story told by the person who wrote it. Sit back, press play, and listen as Lorato Trok brings her story to life in English and Setswana, courtesy of Solid Gold Story Time.
ENGLISH
SETSWANA
Rosina Sedibane Modiba - an athlete who achieved superstar status, whose story has not been told for more than forty years.
As a young girl, she ran faster than all the herders - even the boys - when they were chasing cows in the village.
Her father, Johannes, chased rabbits, which he caught with his own hands...
Running was in the Sedibane blood, including Rosina's.
But for a black girl child in apartheid South Africa, life was not going to be easy.
Yet Rosina grew up to be a record-breaking athlete in the 1970s.
This is her story.
Listen to Our Stories 🎧
There’s something special about hearing a story told by the person who wrote it. Sit back, press play, and listen as Lorato Trok brings her story to life in English and Setswana, courtesy of Solid Gold Story Time.
ENGLISH
SETSWANA
Rosina Sedibane Modiba - an athlete who achieved superstar status, whose story has not been told for more than forty years.
As a young girl, she ran faster than all the herders - even the boys - when they were chasing cows in the village.
Her father, Johannes, chased rabbits, which he caught with his own hands...
Running was in the Sedibane blood, including Rosina's.
But for a black girl child in apartheid South Africa, life was not going to be easy.
Yet Rosina grew up to be a record-breaking athlete in the 1970s.
This is her story.
Listen to Our Stories 🎧
There’s something special about hearing a story told by the person who wrote it. Sit back, press play, and listen as Lorato Trok brings her story to life in English and Setswana, courtesy of Solid Gold Story Time.
ENGLISH
SETSWANA
Rosina Sedibane Modiba - an athlete who achieved superstar status, whose story has not been told for more than forty years.
As a young girl, she ran faster than all the herders - even the boys - when they were chasing cows in the village.
Her father, Johannes, chased rabbits, which he caught with his own hands...
Running was in the Sedibane blood, including Rosina's.
But for a black girl child in apartheid South Africa, life was not going to be easy.
Yet Rosina grew up to be a record-breaking athlete in the 1970s.
This is her story.
Listen to Our Stories 🎧
There’s something special about hearing a story told by the person who wrote it. Sit back, press play, and listen as Lorato Trok brings her story to life in English and Setswana, courtesy of Solid Gold Story Time.
ENGLISH
SETSWANA
Rosina Sedibane Modiba - an athlete who achieved superstar status, whose story has not been told for more than forty years.
As a young girl, she ran faster than all the herders - even the boys - when they were chasing cows in the village.
Her father, Johannes, chased rabbits, which he caught with his own hands...
Running was in the Sedibane blood, including Rosina's.
But for a black girl child in apartheid South Africa, life was not going to be easy.
Yet Rosina grew up to be a record-breaking athlete in the 1970s.
This is her story.
Listen to Our Stories 🎧
There’s something special about hearing a story told by the person who wrote it. Sit back, press play, and listen as Lorato Trok brings her story to life in English and Setswana, courtesy of Solid Gold Story Time.
ENGLISH
SETSWANA
“Mme Rosina Sedibane Modiba was a champion who paved the way for runners like myself to be champions. Her story is an inspiration.”
Caster Mokgadi Semenya
