Jenahvay Jenahviyah - snippet

The Jenavation Network
Nov 2, 2023
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Updated: Nov 14, 2023

It is making tea in cursive

Thinking about my name

This name my mother gave me

If only she spelled it the way it sounds

Mispronunciations are a passed down hatred

A changing of a name from the time we stepped off those ships of horror

Making coffee in hieroglyphs

Banging on bamboo djembe for heartbeat imitations

Dancing Mbende in Shona

Speaking Igbo several different ways

Because language is a nomenclature

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Jenahvay Jenahviyah - snippet

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