2023
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Dear Teacher
This is not poetry to tell you how wonderful you have been How you have been a guide, and a light unto my feet This is not a poem to tell you about how well you have nurtured me Or how invested you have been in my well-being. This is not a poem to tell the world, that without you and your efforts And that without you and your sacrifices And that without you and your tears of love and…
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Kapuula…! May it rain.
Kapuula…! May it rain. This is how greetings are done here. May it rain is a prayer, and a greeting too. The people of Botswana, like the rest of Africa, believe the rains are a blessing. When it rains, the farmers, who are the primary producers of food, are happy… So when you wish someone Kapuula, you are literally saying, “may you not go hungry”. So I went to pick my COVID test result today. As I exited the test…