Naming The Love That Dares Not Speak Its Name: The Politics And Perils Of Language And Sexuality

Nommo is the force that makes things live as what they are: man or tree or animal. Notnmo means word. The rabbit has the life it has - not a rat life or mongoose life - because it is named rabbit, mvundla. A child is not alive, claims Nelson, until it is named. I told him this explained a mystery for me. My sister and I are identical twins, so how is that from one single seed we have two such different lives?…