There are stories about bones, bones of human beings, bones of our sisters and brothers, bones of witchdoctors, bones of animals, bones of our ancestors, bones of all people whom we lost in war, bones of meat, bones of our dead mother and fathers, bones of predators, bones of historical stories, bones of our history, bones of Mrs .Pless, bones which we have as human beings, bones that make us to have bone sickness. 

There are stories about white people.  White people who oppressed us, white people who are uncaring, unloving, and even not willing to share, white people who took our land from us, white people who’s fathers raped our land, white people who are racist, white people who are full of Xenophobia, white people who taught our generation about guns, sex.  White people who pretend to be fire while they are earth.  

Noluvuyo Sam

Cape Town, South Africa
Khayelitsha Township Youth Participants,
February 12-15, 2007

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