The poetic comrade

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“…It surprises me that the pale people always appear happy to be lost in the new knowledge of a few good words to get around in an office building. The Setswana word madi is translated as either blood or money, I would mention this fact but history is only kind to those who survived their own death.”

After reading this piece by poet Gomolemo Motsamai one would think the spoken word artist is much older that his 21-years of age due to the hard-hitting content executed in his poetry.

The University of Botswana law student is well-known for his militant poetic style that carries liberation struggle messages.

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