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BLACK AFRICAN
WIDOW
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A Black African Widow
Precious Assah Sibitane and Vusi Mxolisi Zitha
Published by The Son of Man, 2021.
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A BLACK AFRICAN WIDOW
First edition. January 29, 2021.
Copyright © 2021 Precious Assah Sibitane and Vusi Mxolisi Zitha.
Written by Precious Assah Sibitane and Vusi Mxolisi Zitha.
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A black African widow | Poetry collection | By: Precious Assah Sibitane
dedication
PREFACE
Chapter 1 | 1. THE UGLY MONSTER
2. SPEARS IN MY HEART
3. A BLACK AFRICAN WIDOW
4. AS I BOW
5. A REASON TO BEAM
Chapter 2 | 6. I WAS BORN TO DIE.
7. I AM A GENUINE AFRICAN
8. THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.
9. GAIN IN PAIN
10. ALONE, LONELY IN THE LONELY LAND.
Chapter 3 | 11. GO 2017 GO
12. HE IS GREAT
13. THE FIRM FOUNDATION OF PEACE
14. I LOVE THEM
15. I AM AN AFRICAN
Chapter 4 | 16. THE EDGE
17. I AM AFRICA
18. FAST KILLER
19. YOUNG LOVE
20. #DRUGS MUST FALL.
Chapter 5 | 21. ONLY YOU KNOW WHATS IN STORE FOR ME.
22. THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN IN HARDSHIPS
23. IT’S NOT A WOW BUT A WAR.
24. WAY TOO SOON, BUT REAL.
25. HYPOCRITES
Chapter 6 | 26. A BLACK BLEEDING BEAUTY
27. A TRIP TO MYSELF
28. DEATH YOU SHALL DIE
29. SINGLE MOMS OF AFRICA
30. Be my valentine
Chapter 7 | 31. My life, my story
32. Justice
33. I was deprived of my god – given self
34. My enemies, my penicillin, I thank you.
35. Dedicated to my mother ladlamini.
Chapter 8 | 36. THE BITTER LIFE OF A BLACK GIRL CHILD.
37. A TRIBUTE TO MY BROTHER ELLIOT
38. WALKING AWAY FROM A FAILED UNION
39. A TEACHER’S PRAYER
40. AS THE CLOCK TICKS......
Chapter 9 | 41. MY SON
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
About the Author
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A black African widow | Poetry collection | By: Precious Assah Sibitane
A black African widow
Poetry collection
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By: Precious Assah Sibitane
Copyright © 2021 Precious Assah Sibitane
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Email: assasibitane@gmail.com
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dedication
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All poetry lovers
PREFACE
PREFACE
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A BLACK AFRICAN WIDOW
In this collection of poetry Assah is deeply concern about the way women and children are treated by the society especially when a man passes on. The inequality between man and women which perpetrate women and children abuse. She has looked at the history of all women and discovered that about 90% of women are suffering under the hands of abusive men. In the poem titled,’ A black bleeding beauty,’ she condemns the deeds of men and give hope to women and children liberation. She further urged all women to take a trip to themselves, find strength in themselves, depend in themselves and learn to develop themselves to cab the issue of depending on men which gives rise to women and children abuse. She portraits a very loving space but full of disappointment when a woman asks his man to be her valentine which is in vain. She painted a picture on how great God is when she talkes about the beauty of nature in,’ He is great.’ She condemned Xynophobic acts in, ‘The ugly monster,’ saying in God’s eyes we are one.
She portraits a picture on how neglected our police are, and how they are killed by the communities they are protecting on daily bases and condemns such a deed in,’I was born to die.’ She left no stone unturned in,’ The voice in the wilderness,’ where she condemns the government on the treatment and value given to teachers. She condemns children abuse in, ‘The bitter life of a black girl child,’ and touched challenges like drug abuse and other life challenges, feed your soul and enrich your mind in the diverse collection of poetry, dance, cry, celebrate, pay tribute, pray and condemn.
Chapter 1 | 1. THE UGLY MONSTER
Chapter 1
1. THE UGLY MONSTER
I MIGHT NOT BE A SOUTH African,
But I am an African.
I might not be an African,
But I am a human being.
The Centre of it all is the blood,
I mean the same blood.
I might not speak your language,
You might not speak my language too,
I might have my own religion,
The Centre of it all understands.
Home sweet home, the sweetest language
Enjoyed by families in their homes,
Who then can neglect his birth place for sweet?
Why some people are called amakwerekwere,
Why others are called amagrigamba
The Centre of it all is embracing and
Appreciating our differences.
Yesterday it was apartheid over blacks and whites,
Today it’s black to black violence,
A black killing a black under the foolish umbrella of foreigners
The Centre of it all is humanity.
We may have our different agendas in life,
We have different opinions,
Different cultures and traditions,
Different colors and different languages,
But in God’s eyes we are ONE
2. SPEARS IN MY HEART
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She portraits a picture on how neglected our police are, and how they are killed by the communities they are protecting on daily bases and condemns such a deed in,’I was born to die.’ She left no stone unturned in,’ The voice in the wilderness,’ where she condemns the government on the treatment and value given to teachers. She condemns children abuse in, ‘The bitter life of a black girl child,’ and touched challenges like drug abuse and other life challenges, feed your soul and enrich your mind in the diverse collection of poetry, dance, cry, celebrate, pay tribute, pray and condemn