We shall overcome.
— Lorna Solomon2022
Lorna Solomon
Lorna Solomon is a South African poet who writes about the experiences of Black South African communities. In the full interview, Solomon recites and then discusses three poems that speak to her experience during the Covid-19 pandemic as a female farm worker exploring themes of class struggles, systemic racism, and collective strength. This interview was conducted in English in Cape Town, South Africa.
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“We shall overcome tomorrow’s uncertainties,
We shall overcome the man-made shackles that binds our sit and our stand.
We shall overcome the hands that compensates us from the tickey pocket, that just about covers our life policies.
We shall overcome the hunger pains that will be replaced with fresh manna for every day.
We shall overcome these diseases that infiltrates our carnal bodies, that is only for this earth.
We shall overcome but it won’t be by power nor by might.
But by the very spirit that’s within us.”
