Stichomythia
– Leave our daughters to glow
– No, we must chop off the lips of their honeypots
– That is going to cause them an excruciating pain and leave them in smithereens
– That will keep them safe from the snare of philandering
– These pure lilies will grow to hate this offensive approach
– I think they will grow to revere our effort to keep them chaste
– And what if they do not heal from the harrowing aftermath?
– of course, they will, and if they heal too slow, we find them ointment to placate their scars
– I think this evil practice of filleting should end and be done with
– How do we raise decent girls then?
– There are a million ways than this
– Tell it to the chief when it is your daughter’s turn
– *Fumes
About the Author
Kate Apaflo Awuku-Darko is a multisensory artist. A sublime storyteller, consummate performance poet and gifted writer. Her debut collection of poems, Seven Shredded Sisters, has been reviewed to critical acclaim in literary papers and dailies across the globe. Her monologues dissect the experiences of women on monstrous customary slabs for filleting as rituals for their rite of passage
Kate is passionate about making a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged in society and calls attention to their plight through performance poetry and writing.
She began writing as a teenager, and her entry to the Concours de la Francophonie pour les Universités publiques was adjudged to be among the top five. She won an award for best talent performance in the Miss University for Development Studies competition and has gone on to give performances within and outside Ghana. Not only that, but she shared the stage with Rudi Franscisco, and other great artists during the Lagos international poetry festival.
She is also the founder of a Social enterprise that contributes to economic empowerment of disadvantaged rural women across Africa.* (NaturalTreats Industries was in the top 10 of the USADF AWE Business plan competition and awarded in 2020 by the United States African Development Foundation) * and have been invited to participate in an exhibition at the African Leaders Summit hosted by American President Joe Biden in Washington DC in Dec 2022.
