Vanessa Kalukwete, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/vanessakalukwete/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:00:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/ipikai.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-ipikai-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Vanessa Kalukwete, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/vanessakalukwete/ 32 32 200483121 Call Me https://ipikai.org/issue-6/call-me/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:00:46 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1909 Don’t call me by my nameCall me your DAUGHTER.Call me your female offspringThe joy of your fertilityDo not call meBy the name you got from the ancestorsA name which mocks black womanhood.Don’t call me by my name.Call me your SISTER.For I am from your mother’s wombHer nipples bred us bothDo not call me by that… Read More »Call Me

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