Molemi Ft Ntirelang Berman - Lobebe Apr 2026

One evening, under a sprawling Marula tree, the village youth gathered. Among them was a young man named Mmutla, quick-witted but restless, who felt the old ways were fading.

The old man smiled, his face a map of a thousand journeys. He began to recite the tale of the Hare and the Hyena ( Mmutlanyana le Phiri ), as heard in the lyrics of Lobebe . He described them as inseparable friends—the finger and the nail—who hunted together until greed entered the heart of the larger beast. Molemi ft Ntirelang Berman - Lobebe

In a village where the dust of the Kalahari met the vastness of the sky, there lived an old storyteller named Rre (Father). He didn’t carry gold or cattle, but he held something the villagers called the Lobebe —the thick, rich cream of their Setswana heritage. One evening, under a sprawling Marula tree, the