My life as a Burundian activist in exile (Part 1)// Dear Diary
Ketty Nivyabandi is a poet and writer from Burundi. In May 2015 she became a refugee after organizing and leading historic, women-only protests against the violation of her country’s …
Tag: Poetry
3 Of Africa poets to bring out the feels
When I think of talented female poets, British Somali Warsan Shire immediately comes to my mind. I loved her poetry even before she shared some of her lemons with Beyonce’s Lemonade. The …
Mama Africa
Someone somewhere tells me that I am his African queen. That I am his goddess, That my body is bountiful. That my body is rich with a fertility blessed by 40 days …
Woollen
With art from Laylie Frazier I was first aware Of my strange woollen hair When my mother twisted it into three puffs When colorful ribbons trailed down to my shoulders I swung my …
Back Home
Back home is more back than home to me. As a child I was called in from playing and asked to shout into a phone so my voice could wrap itself around the world several times to reach a …