Karubgwerubgwe kone agwari (I will sleep on a stone)
Group of Tonga women
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Karubgwerubgwe kone agwari (I will sleep on a stone)
Valley Tonga women of Zambia sing this marriage song, which expresses their lack of control over their lives: “Now I am married. I don't know where I'm going to; I may have to sleep anywhere, perhaps in a tree, perhaps on a stone.”