A new poem by Ghanaian poet, Adjei Agyei-Baah, on the challenges that widows often face. As well as experiencing the trauma of the death of their spouce, widows can find themselves forced out of extended familial relationships and have to fight to maintain their position in society and their dignity. Some become viewed with suspicion as they take on the role of the outcast.
You are the sleepless duck
Who rests on a single leg…
