Mother Africa

Reflections Perchance refractions On mirror of civilization Unveiling deep furrows- Nausea of despair! Ugly shadows of innocence Haphazard ruins Harbingers to Africa. Mother Africa Unleash black juju Denounce anaemic gods and Sing blues to negritude Dream with Senghor continental dreams Dreams individual- Like Nkrumah A touristo blackano! And African huts Where come rains To water our negritude Come clouds To hide our wrecks, rubble. Robbed of freehold rights By mayor and corporation At slum clearance! Acclaimed sons and daughters Of former freedom fighters In our misery! Mother Africa Forget them Forget a touristo blackano Behind wrecks Behind smutty, illicit stuff Behind oblique natives! Forget these loud symbols of welfare Albeit feigned Symbols of might Albeit loaned Symbols of unity Albeit fictitious Symbols of friendship abroad… Forget these things! They mask the essential you Distorting your true image The image truly befitting Our motherland: The world’s caustic kaleidoscope!