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I Shall Paint My Nails Red
Because a bit of color is a public service. Because I am proud of my hands. Because it will remind me I’m a woman. Because I will look like a survivor. Because I can admire them in traffic jams. Because my daughter will say ugh. Because my lover will be surprised. Because it is quickerContinue reading “I Shall Paint My Nails Red”
Some Rituals
For me, there is nothing as cool as starting my day with a shower in the morning. Water ceases to be something I only use to quench my thirst, or wash my body and hair; it becomes a ritual of washing away the night and its dormancy. The same is true when I take aContinue reading “Some Rituals”
The other me
For me, going back home to Uganda is like shading off one version of myself and wearing the other one. When I am home, I cease to become Angela, or a wife for that matter; I am simply a daughter that everyone knows as Najore. (A birth name that I worked so hard to eraseContinue reading “The other me”
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