Vuyokazi Ngemntu is a writer-performer whose praxis uses poetry, song, storytelling, and ritual to navigate ancestral trauma, confront inequality, and inspire healing. Her work has appeared in the Kalahari Review, Herri, Ibua Journal, Short.Sharp.Stories, New Contrast, Ake Review, Pepper Coast Lit, Culture Review, Aerodrome, and elsewhere.
Photo by Hugo Gomes/Wirestock Creators / Stock.adobe.comIt’s 2050, and five African nations have surrendered their sovereignty to form a new nation. To some, it was unfathomable that the rulers of c…