Tag: Biko

A Prisoner Of Selves

A Prisoner Of Selves

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I never allow emails to summon me. I summon them instead. I see them when I’m good and ready to see them, not when they want to be seen. So with no email notification on my phone, I can

LIONS

LIONS

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I lived in a little shanty-like neighbourhood called Kiwafu while in uni in Kampala, with a roommate, Gasirigwa, who was from Tanzania. A room. One window. A mango tree outside the window. The adjoining door – permanently locked –

Babies On Planes

Babies On Planes

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Up the aisle, a bony man struggles to shove his luggage into the compartment above. His elbows look like a branch off a yellow-bark acacia. If you walked into his elbow by accident you would die from excessive haemorrhage.

DESSERT

DESSERT

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Linda (Editor): This story is disjointed.

 

Me: Did you know that you have to be strong and tall and not pregnant to be allowed to sit on the Exit seat in the plane?

 

Linda: It needs to