Debbo baleejo metta-hakkiiloojo.
A black woman with a nasty temper.
from Oral Poetry from Africa (1984),
Compiled by Jack Mapanje and Landeg White
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Oral Poetry from Africa
Filed Under: Pleasure Poems
Riddles — A Black Woman
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