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Best Tswana Poems


Culture
I would have loved to be 
swati
To wear lihiya
And take part in the 
umhlanga dance
Or even be venda
I wouldn't mind doing 
the domba
Or beating the djembe
But I am only a mosotho 
woman
Born of pedi and Tswana
Ntepa le dipheta
Complete my attire

Sure I would have loved 
to...

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Categories: tswana, identity,
Form: Free verse
The Untold Story of Africa Part Two
They are eating what's  inside the dust bin! Yuck! Duck! Plug! ....Pooh! Woo! Doo!
No ways l am going back ehlathini! Kanti nithini?
Ngiyazithemba!

I am Zulu!
I am Sotho!
I am Tswana!
I am Pedi!
I am Shona!
I am Tsonga!
I am Afrikaner!
No l am biased! Freedom and peace brought us...

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Categories: tswana, africa,
Form: Free verse

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