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Ntsiki Mazwai
Ntsiki Mazwai is a South African spoken word artist, poet, musician and beadwork designer.
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Wena - Ntsiki Mazwai
wena
NTSIKI MAZWAI
African Perspectives Publishing
PO Box 95342 | Grant Park 2051 | South Africa
www.africanperspectives.co.za
© Ntsiki Mazwai 2010
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.
ISBN 978-0-981-43981-5
Edited by Robert Greig
Typeset by Gail Day
Cover design by Mycalture
Printed and bound by 4 Colour Print
for bookings...
www.ntsikimazwai.co.za
ntsikimazwai@yahoo.com
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Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Wena!
Hey black gal!
Noord Street taxi rank
Kwenzakalani?
Some fathers
Ghetto princess
Famous family
After I lost uMama
Boy problems
For you
Thinking of you
Uyakhumbula?
In my garden
Good company
If you say that you love me
Abuse
Age of colour!
Hamba!
I choose life
Love in Soweto
Miss What-What
My generation
One thing remains the same
Risen
Labels
Too much woman
About the author
Private school girl from the backstreets
This is no languid butterfly, drifting aimlessly among forced, insipid blooms in an artificial hothouse. Ntsiki Mazwai is a hummingbird. Multi-hued. Bursting with the delight of life. Radiating energy as she drinks deeply of the rich blossoms that sprout wherever they find root, she pours these experiences out in a brilliantly coloured tapestry of poetry, dance