Is �foreign love� better? :: Mmegi Online

When local artiste Slizer burst onto the music scene with her hauntingly melodious high pitched voice belting kwasa kwasa tunes, she attracted interest. Here was this bold young woman with a plaited Mohawk hairstyle who gyrated on stage in fashionable garb, showing off her well-toned midriff. Coupled with her sexually provocative aerobatic dance moves, Slizer instantly became a sought after performer.

Being in the public eye catapulted her to something of a local “celebrity”. With that came interest in her love life. Some Batswana looked at her as a masekanta (a woman who sings and performs on stage for a living).

There’s a stereotype that “artsy” women are loose and wild, not suited for marital bliss. Who marries a woman who shakes her waist, wiggles her crotch and does forward flips for excitable crowds, right? Wrong.

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