Songs My Grandmother Buried
Thandiwe Dube
Songs My Grandmother Buried
Thandiwe DubeR180
Priced by the author in ZAR (South Africa). You pay the NGN equivalent at today’s rate.
About this book
Sixty-one poems of ancestry, drought and returning. Written in English, Ndebele and the space between them.
Sample
I. INHERITANCE My grandmother buried three things in the yard: a tin of coins, a photograph, and a name she was told to stop using. We dug for the coins. II. WHAT THE RAIN SAID Rain on a zinc roof is the only language my family speaks fluently — all of us louder, none of us listening, the whole house agreeing for the length of a storm. III. TRANSLATION When I say home the word arrives late, carrying somebody else's luggage, asking to be forgiven in a borrowed accent.…
The author
Thandiwe Dube is a Zimbabwean poet and archivist. This is her third collection.
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 144
- Published
- 2022
- Chapters available
- 1