Africa Quote by Malebo Sephodi

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““In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve its sacredness””

Malebo Sephodi

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“And that makes us (black women) feel like we have spokespeople, because everybody we encounter feels they have a piece of you and can…

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“do you hear them? they sing like their hearts might burst the trees sift their tunes weaving a sacred dialogue between the land and…

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“in pursuit of that glorious healing - until then, i’m a whirlwind”

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“There is plenty of work that needs to be done by men to dismantle patriarchy”

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“The manner in which the exclusionary nature of the English language is used in knowledge prodution separates us as humans.”

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