The Concept Weaveology by Zibusiso Mpofu

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Unbraid our hair into long strands

Of kaffir tufts

Never forget to oil and unbraid and oil again

Before you bind it straight

Into curls of slavery

Circling our ebony foreheads

We must be likened to Sarah and them

Must_bind_tighter

Never forget to adorn our heads

With waves of lyrical hair

It_must_scale down our shoulders

And hide the kink of our own hair

The pride of the women that came before us

We must be likened to Sally and them

Without hair that grows towards the sun

Must_Cover_our pride

That we may be reckoned upon

With a lighter eye

Must_Bind_Tighter

Never forget to adorn our heads

With the hair of other women

Ours, we can never protect