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Becky
Wow. I'm stunned after reading this short work. Admittedly, in the first pages which start like a scholarly journal, I was underwhelmed. There was no definition of terms, I wasn't seeing the argument, it wasn't flushed out... and then the poetry started.

The words are so powerful that they just wash over you and drag you out to sea. I could feel the force behind womanhood that drives nations, and I understood exactly what the author was staying about women being nationmakers, culture makers, and
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