Je, Wewe Ni Mbaguzi?

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Unapofikiria yeye ni:
mshamba
wa kuja
wa mjini
wa kijiweni
mvutaji
tajiri
maskini.

Unaposema yeye hana:
mtindi
mwili
wowo
unywele.

Unaposema yeye ana:
ubapa
mianzi
tege
njiti
kipilipili.

Unapomuita yeye ni:
bundi
jalala
cheupe
cheusi
shombe
mhindi koko
mzungu pori.

Je, wewe ni mbaguzi?

Author’s note:
* This poem, intentionally in my mother tongue Kiswahili, pauses a question if one is discriminatory based on the phrases and nicknames used in our everyday Swahili language.