I knew no metaphors But hated the animals Those that George Orwell farmed in fabled Africa When Grandpa told me The animals were Africans I was like an angry lioness None of his explanations made me calm I hated the mind that made that up Like I hated hell and its ruling king I hated […]
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COOKING MINDS
Mama Africa’s curves for her beautiful carvings Is also part of her starvings I can’t believe the multitudes Of capable minds, which have been smoked like fishes Slapped like idiots Raped like animals and Burnt like firewoods in hot kitchens II Minds which could have stopped her looting Minds which could have clothed her nakedness […]
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AFRICA! YOUR HISTORY?
Tears of children rise From empty stomachs Wasting energies without For innocent faces to get visitors of drowning tears, And you sit on thrones fighting superiority? II Africa! Many enterprises die Killed by lack of energy foods School children embrace darkness And shun learning Through no fault of begging books And you, on high pedestals […]
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A STROLL IN AFRICA
In my idleness and tiredness Of hearing the screams of pain, I decided to take a stroll in Africa And what did I see? I saw indifference chewing an unmeasured stick Sitting on our wall, watching and shaking its head I reached out but it had sold its ears to disappointment And had thrown […]
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