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PANCAKES AND GHEE
Sambo bullied by controversy
His name appropriated by a culture to destroy history
To shame our ancestor's genealogy
Why use a child's name to create shame
Pancakes and ghee
About to have breakfast with Bhenji
Free to be everything even family
Sambo bullied by history
Another culture steels his story
Blamed for the generations pain
His story never told the same way again
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Saturday 25th July 2020 1:41 pm
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