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Poems about African

• The Calves Are Everywhere

  The Reverend Shepstone? Really!
  The fence consumes the gourds!

  by Gudugwe Mlilo 12 lines
• Sizoyilwa

  Valangebhetshu mfokaNqindi!
  Uzoquphuka umhlaba wawoZimangele

  by Gudugwe Mlilo 13 lines
• Nothing’s Changed

  Small round hard stones click
  under my heels,

  by Tatamkhulu Afrika 28 lines
• Dark Where Loneliness Hides

  Cat’s small child cries
  in the dark where loneliness hides.

  by Tatamkhulu Afrika 28 lines
• The Knifing

  Black workers pass
  me carrying their tools.

  by Tatamkhulu Afrika 102 lines
• Ahelile Amankonyana

  Ahelile amankonyana Ulevulendi Shiphisitoni!
  Uthango ludla amankonyana,

  by Gudugwe Mlilo 12 lines
• We Will Fight The War

  Son of Nqindi shut the canon with your loin skins!
  Zimangele’s world will erupt.

  by Gudugwe Mlilo 13 lines
• Small Bird Singing In A Bush

  Small bird in a bush:
  cars in the street rush

  by Tatamkhulu Afrika 37 lines
• Shaman

  The leopard lay,
  long and dappled, under the leaves.

  by Tatamkhulu Afrika 52 lines
• Maqabane

  Like gnats after rain,
  sudden beetles born

  by Tatamkhulu Afrika 68 lines

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