I WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAY THAT MY YOUNG SISTER AISHA COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER SHE WAS RAPED BY A LEPER MAN ( A MAN WITH LEPROSY). IT HAPPENED JUST 2 WEEKS BEFORE HER WEDDING DAY. HER HUSBAND TO BE CANCELLED THE WEDDING. AND HER TWIN SISTER AMINA, BECAME MAD. WHAT AISHA WROTE ON HER SUICIDE NOTE AND WHAT THE LEPER MAN SAID IN HIS CONFESSION AT THE POLICE STATION, MADE ME TO HATE MY STEP MOTHER WITH PASSION
By Samyra AbdulSwammadu …………………………………………………………………………… It was in 2003, my young twin sisters were 20, and I was 32. We come from a poor family. Our father had two wives. Our mother is the first wife. From our mother’s womb came 5 children. And from our step mother’s womb came 4 children. I am the first born. We are all girls. Our father had only daughters. Our father and mother are both from Zanzibar but our step mother was from Tanzania mainland in Pwani Region, a place known as Rufiji. Our father was dark skinned African but our mother is a mullatoe ( African and Persian/ A descendant of Persian who came to Zanzibar in 1800s) To cut story short, my twin sisters were engaged by two men almost at the same time. So they wanted their wedding to be done in the same day and at the same venue. My young sister who committed suicide was engaged to a Secondary school teacher, and her name was Aisha,...