An Introvert Takes On Motherhood

Keeping the tone calm in white, our cover star, Allegro Dinkwanyane, talks to us about the lessons she learned from her mother, growing up in God, business, and her pregnancy.

- Thina Mthembu

Ambitious, passionate, very spiritual, and a Christian, these are just some of the words a person would use when describing our cover mom, Allegro Dinkwanyane (28). However, what many don’t know is that she is a very reserved person by nature. She is an introvert who enjoys her own space, values her family, and like many romantics, she loves love. As we welcome spring, we sat down with the Founder and CEO of Orgella Group/ Orgella Media as she talked to us about her childhood, her aspirations, and lessons she’s learned while living the best that life has to offer.

Q. TELL US ABOUT LIFE GROWING UP AND HOW IT SHAPED YOU INTO THE WOMAN THAT YOU ARE TODAY?

I grew up in a Christian home, raised by a single mother, Meriam Dinkwanyane. I am the last of four children. I have two sisters, Canzy and Moipone, and one brother, Presto. My mother did her very best to give us a good home and good education. She’s a very loving, strong parent and it is because of her that I turned out the way I did. I followed her footsteps and she inspired me to be an independent woman with or without a life partner. My mother is a teacher by profession and I love how much she loves her job and the fact that she plays a huge role in the grooming and shaping of young minds as little as 6 years old. She is also a great grandparent with five grandchildren thus far. My siblings and I are close and value the love we share as a family and the relationship we have with God because that’s what’s brought us this far.

Q. SHARE WITH US ONE CHILDHOOD MEMORY THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO RELIVE AND WHY.