Conceição Lima is a Santomean poet from the town of Santana in São Tomé. She studied journalism in Portugal and has worked in radio, television, and in the print press in her native country. She has published three books of poetry: O Útero da Casa, A Dolorosa Raiz do Micondó, and O País de Akendenguê.
Photo: Kris Williams/FlickrArchipelagoThe enigma is some other thing – no gods live here Just men and the sea, immovable inheritance. UndeniableBy dowry I received you at birth and I recognize…