By Inet Morudu, South Africa: I have watched myself evolve for the filthiest worst. From human, down back to ape. I am Sticky from sexual immorality, heart hairy from emotional neglect. I am sweaty from exerting man power into a forced relation that shows no sign of surviving without the sacrifice of my moral conscience. I can barely recognize the […]
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By Inet Morudu, South Africa: A real woman is not her heels. A real woman is not her strong perfume. A real woman is not her voluptuous curves. A real woman… Do you know a real woman though? Women like Thabitha and Hannah. I saw real women. Women with the stature of Goliath And the power equivalent to that of […]
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By Inet Morudu, South Africa: Joshua had a reason. David had a reason. Moses had a reason. Rachel and Leah had a reason. King Hezekiah had a reason. Victory was the reason. Retractable blessings were the reason. Life was the reason. I don't have a reason though. I have MANY reasons. I have Lamentations 3 verse 58 as a reason. […]
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By Kathryn Kazibwe, Uganda: I'm not an animal person. A few years back, my sister had a pet cat called Grey Mancini aka Munchkin. Mancini was the laziest being I have ever met, ever. Even plants are more active than Mancini was. He would wake up in the morning and jump off his bed (which he so lovingly shared with […]
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By Kathryn Kazibwe, Uganda: When I was in pre-unit, around the age of 5, our teacher gave us a take home assignment. She asked us to create art in the most creative way we could, using as diverse and numerous materials as we could manage to find, with minimal help from adults. Of course, most of the kids did coloured […]
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By Kathryn Kazibwe, Uganda: I almost signed my very first 'autograph' two weeks ago. I was at St. Peter's Secondary School, Naalya with four other Writivists for a reading of my short story, 'Together'. First of all, let me say this. Reading your own story to a bunch of strangers is much harder than I thought. And these were teenagers, […]
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By Inet Morudu, South Africa: Round world, had you had four corners, I would walk to all four of them in the name of love. I would collect the gift of undivided attention. The kind that a mother gives her suckling bundle of joy. The kind of attention that is spread on so thick, It could suffocate. I […]
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By Kathryn Kazibwe, Uganda: Shit! You don't know how much more of this you can take. The pain comes in waves, starting from your belly and radiating down all the way to your toes. You're bent over the lower bunk of your double-decker, your sister next to you, rubbing your back. She says something, but you cannot hear her over […]
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By Kathryn Kazibwe, Uganda: Mixed feelings whirl around within me as I step into my sister's living room. I am swamped by nostalgia so potent I can almost hear the laughter. My sister is nestled in the red leather loveseat to my right, humming to a fat baby in her arms. The receding rays of the sun from the French […]
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By Kathryn Kazibwe, Uganda: Men are very blessed creatures. They are the ultimate creation. Made to protect, provide, encourage, lead… They are the epitome of God's creative vision. A woman is never complete without a man. That is why females remain girls until they are wifed; only then can they be referred to as women. No matter which way you […]
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