I’m Mfanelo Dlomo, a third year BA (Human Resource Management) student. I wrote this poem titled “Decoloniality” at the Madibaz Reading Group and Experimental Writing Space. It’s about my imagination of decolonizing the university environment. I was in emotions of sadness that we’ll never experience the ancient natural black people’s lifestyle. My key message is to give a glimpse of what life could have been if it was not modernized. It also reflects how we’ve become so materialistic that we remove nature to replace it with human made objects.

Mfanelo Dlomo

There are no cars,

Shuttles,

Or any vehicle that pollutes the air.

No emissions to destroy the soul.

No projectors or any form of computing…

destroy our eyes.

There are no bathroom mirrors,

Reflections of our image

We are free from comparison.

We embrace nature,

Our self-image.

You ask,

I tell you…

Decoloniality-the return to self,

The return to nature.

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Posted on 04 August 2025 15:11:52


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