By Christi Warner, Namibia I have not contemplated an agenda No suicidal mission Neither is this a declaration of guilt No need to hurry your worry My thoughts are a rainstorm There’s a chance of a flood I have to get it out So my brain cells won’t drown Feed it to my loyal pen Ask it to paint […]
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By Lerato Mensah-Aborampah, Lesotho, the Mountain Kingdom The truth is I am scared. I am really scared. But I will not tell you that. I will tell you only of how scary the things I fear are. I will speak about them as vaguely as I can. I will not personalise them too much. Because when I speak truthfully, I […]
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By Ayanda Xaba, South Africa He was supposed to be her escape, The knight in shining armour that swept her off her feet. He was supposed to be the prince that rescued her, Like Rapunzel she was stuck in an evil tower. Parents forever fighting, Her home felt like hell on earth. He was supposed to be the breath […]
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By Emmeline Bisiikwa, Uganda Last night,when you told me you still love me. I felt it, the stirrings of my grizzled heart beat. I knew that under all the hate and pain I still loved you. We had been through too much for you to become a distant regret. Falling in love with you was so easy It felt […]
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By Sekantši Sitsane, Lesotho Like Thabo Mbeki, I’m an African. I was born in this land and in it I shall die And everyday Africa is reborn in me I eat from her soil and drink from her streams She too is replenished by the hands of her people Their flesh and blood fertilise the plains Our heroes: who gave […]
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Philani Tyson Nombika, South Africa: The energy Smile tumbling of white bunny rabbits Squeezing for space within contours when you smile, That is cute The flush of bliss when the curtains of your eyes fall As though allowing the performer to take one last bow. In appreciation of just how you smile At how eyes glisten with tears when you […]
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By Emmeline Bisiikwa, Uganda: She never wanted anything but you Every man before or after you Was clothed in your memory. You filled her mind Her heart ached for more of you. Every kiss, every touch, Felt like remembrance of your embrace. Sometimes it frightened her, how much she wanted you Every moment between you two was intense. No one […]
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By Emmeline Bisiikwa, Uganda: I try to run, to hide But I end up with you anywhere. Is there a life where I get away safe? Or is it my fate to end up here Losing myself as you domesticate me I wasn’t meant to be tamed, And yet you think am a wild fire That needs putting out. […]
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By Philani Tyson Nombika, South Africa: For the thirst that lingers in our mouths The undying will to take lessons from failure The success that we are made for The fake smiles we wear in the face of disappointment To not giving up For we are the burned things The burden stricken, lost things The dark skinned forgotten, rare beings […]
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By Emmeline Bisiikwa, Uganda: I loved you before you kissed me, Wait- maybe I have that backwards. I loved you after you kissed me. It felt like a glimpse of the rest of our lives. And yet I wish you could take it back. The little kisses all over my face, The words, oh the words. They are seared […]
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