Delphine Ngokattal
She Had the Misfortune to be a Woman
She had the misfortune to be a woman
In a society that looked cannibalistic
Where the right to kill
Only men had
She had the misfortune to be a woman
Where woman existed only in name
Where they were objects
Where the gods gave
Favors only to men
She had the misfortune to be a woman
In that misogyny society
Masculinized
Insensible
Insane
She had the misfortune to be a woman
To oppose herself against the rock
The men government
Those who to their advantages
Made and unmade laws
She dared to criticize the death of a daughter
Resolved to punish the murderer
The great king
The hero of war
Her husband…
But she had the misfortune to be a woman
She protested against this system
Changed the order of things
Punish the guilty
But her misfortune
She was a woman
Yes! Because she dared
She had to be punished
She had to be killed
Clytaemnestra!
Her misery: she was a woman