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The Voices We Carry


The Weight of Tradition: Being the Eldest Daughter in African Families
They say I’m too bold, too ambitious, too much. But when the family needs holding, healing, or hustling—I'm the first call. Being the eldest daughter, the Mafungwashe, the Rakgadi, means carrying invisible weight in a world that often pretends not to see it. And yet, somehow, I’ve turned that weight into wisdom, that burden into boundaries, that silence into voice.
Lerato Nonyane
Jun 163 min read
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