I am terribly afraid of the electric stove, I do not like u… - p’Bitek Okot

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I am terribly afraid of the electric stove, I do not like using it because you stand up when you cook.

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Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 19 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wishes everything to be westernised.

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Forgive me, brother, for I am not insulting the woman with whom I share my husband. Do not think that my words are sharpened by jealousy. It is the sight of Tina that stirs sympathy in my heart.

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Each man, though not necessarily with his wife, dances inside a dark house. They shamelessly hold each other tightly, so tightly that it feels as if they can barely breathe.

I am terribly afraid of the electric stove, I do not like using it because you stand up when you cook. - p’Bitek Okot

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