Jaafar Sadig El Waad Poet Free verse

I Am Africa

I am Africa

I.
Distant 
And lonely 
I am
The barren land
Of untoward change,
The empty womb, 
The amputated hands,
I am 
The Maker of new worlds
I am 
Africa.

I am 
The broken voice
Of the tall woman who undid
The family knot
Set my caged birds free
And set traps to owls and falcons
I am 
The step to freedom
I am Africa.

I am 
Gorée 
Dahomey
Porto-Novo
Bimbia
And the boat
That sailed to the New Land.

I am
The aftermath of revolutions,
Theories and tempests.

I am
The dark forest no longer at ease
The things fall apart
Hopes and impediments
Leurres et lueurs.

I am not
The other world of the Heart
Of darkness nor the wrath in
Return to my native land
I am 
Neither Aids nor Ebola.
What then am I?
Or what else am I?
                                                              Douala, January 1st, 2014

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Omgba Bingono June 17, 2015 at 4:33 AM I am the cradle of humanity, I love you my Africa

Balbinecathy Ngo Likoum March 26, 2015 at 2:41 PM sure this description is the real description of Africa because Africa is a consequence of several revolutions and everything still under construction. it stays our Africa and we have to modify it and be proud to be African.