“How does the ‘little money I get, na enjoyment’ if her parents do not have electricity at home?” –– Make It, Pay It by Andelaine Tsowases.
“I want to dance but I am by myself at the bar and it still feels a little weird: I just got divorced. Somehow I feel freer and lighter than I have in years.” — Auralgraph from Cali, Colombia by Laura Sotelo.
“All she actions flow into one another, like river into sea. You could never know how deep she was. This was the real reason I did love she.” — Drink Her Dew by A. K. Herman.
“I did not like being pregnant.” — Motherhood by Nina Van Zyl.
“You always did come, uninvited, gliding across the sands.” — Prince Of Rain by Tjizembua Tjikuzu.
“Tonight I will be the thief of time.” — Praise Song For Kangozu by Tjizembua Tjikuzu.
“I have made the mistake again, wishing you into existence.” — Ode To My Childhood Dog by Tjizembua Tjikuzu.
“The rhythm becomes a trance that turns men into slaves.” — Soil Dances of Kaokoland, Badagry, and Amhara by Vivian Tjijandjeua Ojo.
“The ground was not made for burials, it was made to speak.” — The Dust Was Here First by Vivian Tjijandjeua Ojo.