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I Like It Black and Strong

Nefertari
Amenities of the African lands
Indigenous black beautiful roses
Of the African soil

Dark and strong
In a black alluring archaic vogue
an amara in black woman

Sisters of samandzie
Balleting in a black dulcet rhythm
Of the African ancient song
With an
Idrissa desta
The power of Thee
Black Spiritus mundi

Brown eyes, Thick bones
Curly kinky afros
Dark is deep and strong
An authentic unique beauty of nature
Glows and Flourishing
From deep within

I like it black and strong

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Molantwa Mmele

Date: 12/3/2015 2:56:00 AM

Nefertari is an ancient Egyptian word meaning "Most beautiful" Idrissa is the name from Senegal meaning "Immortal" Desta is from the Amharic language of Ethiopia and it means “joy or happiness.” Amara is from Nigeria and it means “elegance or grace”. Samandzie means "Spiritual world" 'Spiritus Mundi' was a term used by (W.B. Yeats) on his poem "The second coming"to describe the collective of the World/universe spirit Please don't take this poem offensive if you are not an African or not with Brown skin, I'm not being racist or critical to other ethnic groups... I wrote this piece for my sisters who sometimes find themselves feeling uncomfortable with their physical appearance/ natural looks, the appearance doesn't really matters, what matters is what is inside you