Ukuthi umhlaba wezobuciko usesimweni esingakaze sibonakale kuwumbono wokuthi ngiye ngawuqhathanisa kaningi nabanye abantu abavamile abanjengami. Kepha ngukuthi umbuzo omkhulu ngukuthi… Ngabe okuvelayo kwabachwepheshe kubaluleke kakhulu kunoma yikuphi ukubonakaliswa kobuciko? Ngabe-ke ubuciko lobu benzelwe kuphela labo abakwaziyo ukukuqonda?
Enye yezincazelo zeRAE ifika ithi ubuciko bungukubonakaliswa kokusebenza komuntu inhloso yakhe ukutolika okungokoqobo noma okucatshangelwayo, ukuhumusha ngezinsizakusebenza ezahlukahlukene zolimi, umculo noma izinto eziningi zepulasitiki.
Angikwazi ukukubona kahle. Angazi noma ubuciko buyinto yonke yini noma ngabe buyindlela yokumela umhlaba kuphela kuma "smartass" nakubazi.
Kukho konke lokhu engikubhalayo (sengivele ngithumele ngikhululekile) yilokho incwadi Ikhanda lekhanda likhuphukile. Igama elisabekayo selivele limemezela leyo nhloso ekhuthazayo yombhali. Ukubeka ubuciko, noma lokho okubhekwa njengobuciko, embuzweni kubonakala kungumsebenzi odingekayo.
Isakhiwo sale noveli senziwe izingcezu lapho isifundiswa sizama ukuhlanganisa ndawonye impilo kaFred Cabeza de Vaca omkhulu. Abalingiswa abahlala eduze kakhulu nomculi bakhuluma ngenganekwane, ngenganekwane yakhe, ngezinto zakhe ezingaphakathi ezingaziwa kakhulu, ngezinto zakhe ezingakhazimuli kangako.
Ukwakheka komculi kugcina sekuba ukwahlulela kwezobuciko uqobo, ku-avant-garde nakumathrendi, kunani langempela lobuciko, entengo yalo nakulokho okungenzeka ukuthi akusibo ubuciko ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Kungenzeka ukuthi ngemuva kwawo wonke umhlaba wezobuciko kunabantu abaningi abaphezulu, ukuguqula abantu, isidingo sokulawula nokuthatha imakethe ngokwesilinganiso sayo sezomnotho. Abaculi abafinyelela phezulu abathintwe yinduku yabagxeki, abaculi abasindiswe esihogweni abahlaba umxhwele abasebenzi ababukayo. Ubuciko hhayi ubuciko obukhonjiswe emibhalweni emikhulu. Kukho konke lokhu kungena nokuphuma kanye nezinto ezikhethekile zomhlaba wobuciko sithola okuningi futhi kukuhle kule ncwadi.
Ungathenga incwadi ICow Head Fred, inoveli entsha ngo- UVicente Luis Mora, lapha: