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Khumz Nemo Montshiwa

Guest — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:39:06 +0000

A songwriter, musician, band member (Travellin Blak) and dentist by profession (you can find me on Facebook or visit my blog on http://khumzsuperman.tumblr.com/) I am energetic, fun to be around, good friend to have,with me there’s never a dull moment! I love extreme sports and going out, i enjoy good company with peeps who have [...]

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Farewell Taxi

Guest — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:32:03 +0000

by Candice Morrow I’ve always thought that taxis were for the ride, some funny, others bad and downright taxing but all with one thing in common, Point B. The destination is the whole point of taking a taxi. My experiences have been transactional to be honest and I could make a mental collage of [...]

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Skin

Guest — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:00:08 +0000

by Letlhogonolo Ndhlovu It is disappointing to still find that no matter how liberated we are as people we are still haunted by categorized forms of beauty. This piece is mostly for my little sister, a gorgeous dark skinned tall twelve year old. When she was younger, she’d be teased about her complexion, well that [...]

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THE TAXI CHRONICLES SERIES – A taxi home

Guest — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:26:49 +0000

by Candice Morrow Often I wonder about what Umlungu is, it’s a small wonder to me and I learn everyday. As I near the taxi, door wide open and everyone going about their business pretending not to notice me, I could feel their stares and see the knowing glances exchanged between the vendors by [...]

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Kyle Allan

Guest — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:13:30 +0000

In your silent tongue undressing my poem there is a language of broken stones and a lost street there is a fist hidden between two sheets of metal replicating the mind a hand of closed maps a place surrounded by two ears hearing every sound with pain and clarity including the noise of light shattering [...]

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THEE Mini Country”Wo”Man Moment

Guest — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:06:54 +0000

by Ncumisa Mbusi Everyone that has conversations with me for more than 30 minutes eventually gets to know about that dream car of mine. Yes, the Mini CountryMan. It was love at first sight, upon stumbling into a pic purely out of utter coincidence. I’m not car crazy, have never been, so I never even [...]

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Melissa Kiguwa – The Four Anchors

Guest — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:55:36 +0000

by Melissa Kiguwa ___ i splayed across four lifetimes his mouth, cross cutting star, beckoning my three wise spirits in search of the lost son his chest, beating drum, rhythming me across arid wasteland to trickled streams his legs, straddled oars, beating in slow surrender in reach of the rising [...]

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To my boyfriend’s wife

Guest — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:08:44 +0000

by Melissa Kiguwa To my boyfriend’s wife you carry your pain like a machete sliced smile a glistening kind of deadly melody in your eyes dreams tainted at the root of your hair perhaps in another time we would be could be sisters gossiping about no good shit men the lies they wedding vow promise [...]

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Mother Africa

Guest — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:14:51 +0000

by Sizakele Phohleli Salutations, Ululations God must have been African Skin so dark, voice so calm Woman you are a lady Hands so soft, my home in you peace embodiment Snapping, harmony God must have been poetic Heart beat, my beat You must have been the inspiration from which my life is rooted That beat, [...]

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The Artwork & The Naked Truth

Guest — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:36:05 +0000

by Lerato Themba Kuzwayo I think Brett Murray is a Genius, probably the artist of the year world wide. You may think, what is this guy rambling on about. Bare with me for a moment and I will clarify things for you. On an evening around the fire, under the shadow of a hill, down [...]

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