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Mum, Dad, Sarai, Akuzike, Ngawina, and Gome, Anthony, Micah, Jeremy, Luca, Jaxon, Ezekiel, and Anaiah, I am blessed to have you.

  To all my dearest friends, you are the warm ones, and I cannot thank you enough for always showing me grace. Liliana, Katy, Ines, Sharon, Bongeka, Iyone, Tchie, Bilphena, and all the other stars of my life.

  Thank you to everyone who has ever made me feel like my work is necessary.

  And finally, to Sakhe, I don’t have the range or the words or even the language. You are everything.

  Enjoy a fire like you as an audiobook narrated by the author, wherever audiobooks are sold.

  Upile Chisala is a storyteller from Malawi and a graduate of the University of Oxford. Known for her short and powerful poems, she is the author of the books soft magic and nectar. a fire like you is her third collection of poetry and prose. She lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

  a fire like you copyright © 2020 by Upile Chisala. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

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