SITAWA Words By Sitawa Namwalie You consume me with words, NAMWALIE Litter my path with careful analysis, Obscure my plight With your sound investigation: Sitawa Namwalie is an award winning Ken- Into who did what to me? yan poet, playwright, writer and performer Who killed me? who discovered her poetic gift in 2007 and Who raped me! by 2008 staged her first dramatized poetry show “Cut off My Tongue”, which was pub- lished as a book in 2009. But it was you! There are many highlights to Sitawa’s The architect of phrases, Blur my vision with complexity, journey. Her first ever public performance Nobel laureate of words; As if I were a pink crocodile. of “Cut off My Tongue”, held on 27, June Am I a flying hyena? 2008 was beyond special. Performing at You used words that seduced and stirred, the UK’s prestigious Hay Festival in the UK in 2009 was almost as special as the one Soured prowling tribal gangs, Are you trying to avoid me? in Langata Women’s Prison in 2012 for an Guided the machetes What are you afraid of? audience of over 300 women inmates. Just Of your followers. Come out here, like her compatriot Eluid Kipchoge, Sitawa does not believe in limits and continues You ruined me! Play with my melancholy, to explore various genres, writing poetry, Engage my hurt, plays, short stories, musicals and Now you bury me Listen to me, essays and more. In mountains of talk, Ask me how I feel, Virtuous words dripping blood. And I will give you Now you wish me away, More than words Hide me with more words, 50nd3k450nd3k4316316 50nd3k4 317 50nd3k4 317