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Some homes shine from the outside. Inside, they crack quietly.
All That Glittered Was Family follows a girl raised in a crowded polygamous household in Port Harcourt, where love is not given freely-it is ranked, rationed, and earned by resemblance, position, and favor. Among twelve children, she learns early that survival means silence, endurance, and watching closely.
Through the bitterness of a stepmother, the shifting power of a failing father, the weight of expectations, and the sting of mockery disguised as concern, she grows in a house where everyone is fighting to matter-and not everyone can win.
But beneath the chaos, something refuses to die.
This is a poetry of quiet resilience, of becoming in the middle of brokenness, and of a girl who chooses to rise-one step at a time.
This poetry is bold until her voice is no longer swallowed by the noise.
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#1 African Poetry 11/04/26