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Samson Nyarima, a teacher of Kiswahili language and literature, works and lives in Kisumu, Kenya

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For Pierre Nkurunziza: Poems by Samson Nyarima

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For Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi, 2015) The people you yearn to lead Are burning tar Off the highways Dying by the dozens Disappearing in the night Your batons...

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