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By Dikizo the Poet
This is a short but familiar story for you my audience
It’s a tale about a...
By Dikizo the Poet
We hear their wicked laughter at the mere thought of youth organizing,
“Another...
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Niliskia wakiniita mjuaji, all because I am a genzii
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THE PAIN BEHIND THE LUXURY
by Sheldon Starnel
Before I begin allow me to introduce a generation
A generation that wakes up before...
Algorithmic_Management
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Contractions and clients, no break between
By Dorry Gorrety
DRAGGING THE WEIGHT OF UNCERTAINTY
ABACHA MOVIN
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