A Feminista called Nova

"I remember being annoyed with my class-privileged friends saying that I “worry too much about poor people” and that I wasn’t around when Apartheid happened. This poem was written in response to the overwhelming ignorance that prevails around the South African condition and, really, the lack of compassion shown by people who are not directly affected by the sort of issues that actually imprison the daily lives of others.

This poem is a house. And in building it, I hoped that the audience would understand that South Africa belongs to all who live in it and therefore, we are all responsible for what becomes of it in future. We can only move towards better when every citizen is willing to acknowledge the role played by themselves and their ancestors in the creation of our current situation.

That means: an end to Apartheid denialism and all the denialism around white and male privilege and also for People of Colour to love themselves again without subjecting themselves to a self-imposed white supremacist gaze."

-Lebohang 'KingXNova' Masango in a response to a question about the inspiration of 'The House that We Built' I'm inspired by how this young lady thinks, her love for anthropology is deeper than any person I have come across.

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