Gladys Lomafu Pato

Gladys Lomafu Pato is a Swazi short story writer, teacher and lecturer.

Biography

She was born Gladys Lomafu Dlamini, near to the town of Piggs Peak in Swaziland in 1930. She was the daughter of a well-known chief who had many cattle and many wives, and was one of the richest Swazis in the land. Her mother was his eighth wife.
On 1 January 1957, she married Petrus Phembuvuyo Pato, who was a Christian pastor like his father, and they had three sons together, and adopted a daughter.
She was studying at Bible College when she met her future husband, and they ran various ministries throughout Swaziland. She became a qualified teacher, and in 1980, earned her bachelor's degree in education from the University of Swaziland. She then worked at William Pitcher Teachers College for eight years as a lecturer, and later taught in a private school in Lilongwe, Malawi, as her husband was the academic dean of Lilongwe Nazarene Bible College there.
Her publications include Umtsango, a 117-page volume of short stories, published by Swaziland Academic Services in 1977.

Publications

''Umtsango''