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Traditions of Disparagement

When men see through 
They also want to go through 

Lack of self control 
Leads to a number of tears

'Tis rape when a father breaks the wall
Of his adolescence daughter
And says it is tradition 

'Tis rape when a man wants to go through 
And he will 
Because he paid  lobola

Shall we call it rape
When he tells you the A to Z of promises 
And never keeps one 
Because he wanted to go through 

The sweet tongue of perception 
Has led to the fatherless children of Africa 
The so called cultural activities 
Has led to the insecurities of young women 
Depriving them of their rights to voice 

But our cries fall on deaf ears 
As though we are in outer space 
Generation by generation we have learnt 
To accept these traditions
Traditions of  disparagement

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I Remember

i remember


I remember it all
Gwaai and Shangani
Natives being hung
Freedom songs being sung


I remember the color red,
The tainted soil
From negro toil 
And anger boil

I remember the tears.
Children being robbed of motherhood;
Being robbed of fatherhood
I only stood.


I remember the times
Of colonial race
So there was a race
To find the ace!

I remember the ambush-
Firing what I held
The gun!
So I ran.

I remember never looking back
Twigs scratching my face

I remember hiding
Alas! They found me!

I remember the beatings,
Questions;
My fingers and toes
Growing less...

I remember the flowing blood
Mixing with the crimson sunset.
I hoped at dawn
I would yawn.


I remember closing my eyes.
In vain trying to open them.
The pain of realisation
I would never see dawn.