by Alpha Chizuzu Your little hand clings on to my finger Yearning for comfort Your eyes open wide, your vision still blurry Your face, not fully formed Inarticulate but still so beautiful I look down at you suckling on your...
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by Chims and Tims
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Third prize-winning poem, 2020 Makewana Competition by Tawonga Msowoya They were all searching when they came. In large ships and vessels they came, and they came searching for something amid the quagmire of lost and deprived...
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by WONGANI MWASINGA Third prize-winning short story, 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition The first time I was called ugly for being dark skinned was in 1985. I was only sixteen years old at the time and repeating Form...
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By FLONNY SAIWA Second-prize winning short story in the 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition My eyes fluttered open as I let them adjust to the rays of sunshine seeping through my curtains. My body was tingling,...
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