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01 Prose and short story

October 19, 2026 · 1-minute read

The Baobab Keeps Count

In a village near Caxito, an old tree remembers everyone who has ever sat beneath it.

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My grandmother used to say that the baobab outside our village near Caxito kept count of everyone who sat in its shade. Not their names, she said, because trees do not care for names. It counted their sorrows.
— Kito Domingos
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