WATCH: Tembisan shares his music on the streets with homemade violin
The segankula is made of twigs, a four-litre empty metal tin, wire and horse tail hair.
Many musical dreams are cut short due to the inability to acquire expensive music instruments.
But for Lesenyego ‘Chofa’ Motseletsele of Tembisa, such hurdles could not deny him an opportunity to express himself through music.
Chofa built himself a violin that mesmerises pedestrians on the streets of Tembisa with his unique Sotho sounds.
This passionate musician produces his own songs. “I started singing when I was young and still a herd boy in Lesotho. I would always sing to take away boredom throughout the day in the grazing lands along the mountains,” said Chofa.
He said he learned his music skills from fellow herd boys who were building their own music instruments. As a young boy it took Chofa about four months to learn how to play the instrument, but he said eventually he could play the violin with ease.
“For now I play for myself and anyone who cares to lend an ear. I hope to play at big traditional music concerts one day and record my work for future generations to appreciate. I have so many songs and I write them myself,” Chofa explained.
Asked what his instrument is called, he said the self-made violin was called a segankula. The segankula is made out of twigs, a four-litre empty metal tin, wire and horse tail hair.
