A TRIBUTE FOR MAMA
Jul 22, 2019
2 minutes
We often lack the language or appetite for difficult conversations. When a distant uncle was reported – in family whispers – to be smoking marijuana, he claimed, in a stammer, that it’s because he’s a sangoma, and communicates with ancestors that way. It’s a tempting alibi. Elaborate. My uncle works long hours under tough conditions at a factory in Pretoria. I wish he had the
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