Akamefuna- my name will not be lost

| a short story written by Sphesihle Gxotani (Sihle G.) [2019]

Foreword

When the word ‘name’ appears, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Often we have to fill in forms, sign contracts-more often than not it feels as though you are signing your life away, is not it?- the first thing you are required to put down is your name, then everything else that describes you follows; gender, race, and whatever else society deems important. When I was a little girl, I think I was about eleven years old in secondary school run by missionaries…