Pitika Ntuli African, b. 1940

The Revenge of the Minkisi Pitika ka Ntuli, 2020 I keep asking myself so many questions How? How can it be? How can bones be so brittle But so enduring I asked Mrs. Plessis The old woman at the Cradle of Humankind She only gave me A blank stare! But inside her empty sockets I caught a slight flicker Or perhaps a twinkle of laughter. Now I know Bones have secrets!! Ask me! “The bones are an alternative way of allowing ancestral spirits to have a conversation with a patient...