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african woman

My name is Cheptoo Levian Chepkwony, and this is my story.

 

I completed high school last year (2023), and I’ll be joining Kisii University in September 2024.
In addition to being a student, I am also an author and an inspirational speaker. My journey as
an author began when I was in Form 1. After being inspired by numerous motivational books, I
felt…

Because I’m a woman

Because I’m a woman

I’m a feeble craft

I’m sketched as a property

Designated as a commodity

Procured and delivered from one house to another

 

Because I’m a woman

I’m a second class burger

I’m by no means valued

No degree of significance is annexed to my personhood

 

Because I’m a woman

Attached to my attainment is limitation

Conjectural

Growing in…

Drastic steps of life

In the heart of an informal settlement, where the dusty streets echoed with the sounds of struggle and resilience, there lived a young girl named Jacqueline Kabungwe, known to all as Jackie. Softhearted yet short-tempered, loving yet too emotional, Jackie’s early years were marked by a tapestry of hardships…