Sometimes, you need to break boundaries just to remind yourself how powerful you have always been.

African poetry makes the world go round.

In this essay, I discuss how poets Tramaine Suubi (she/they) and Warsan Shire lift the mask off of African and Western society to deconstruct gender roles, equity, and cultural impact through stylistic/linguistic features in their poetry.

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