Africa Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	My Growing Up	Michael Nichol Kamara	Prose Poetry	africa, art, growth,
	Be strong	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, confidence, courage, deep,
	Sudden change	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, confidence, dedication, deep,
	Flogg jump	richard nnoli	Epic	absence, abuse, africa, society,
	Far from home	richard nnoli	Epic	absence, africa, confidence, deep,
	The law of the sun	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, dedication, deep, inspiration,
	My dark skin	richard nnoli	Epic	abuse, africa, dedication, discrimination,
	The right people	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, confidence, dedication, deep,
	Bad habit	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, courage, deep, depression,
	23:23	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, confidence, deep, encouraging,
	In the spirit	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, confidence, deep, leadership,
	An Ode To My Great Mother	Speare Earth Poetry	Ode	africa, allusion, friend, friendship,
	OPPRESSION	MOSES KISIANG'ANI MAKHAKHA	Rhyme	addiction, africa, analogy,
	JUST BUT A MOMENT	MATTHEW DELADEM	Free verse	10th grade, africa, anniversary,
	BEHIND THE MARRIAGE VEIL	MATTHEW DELADEM	Free verse	africa, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
	THE CELL PHONE	MATTHEW DELADEM	Free verse	africa, 10th grade, 11th grade,
	KNOWLEDGE	Sibusisiwe Ncede	Free verse	africa, change, confidence, creation,
	MOVING WITH THE TIME	Sibusisiwe Ncede	Free verse	africa, change, character, how
	The Lord is my Shepherd I Shall Not Want	stephen crenshaw	Ballad	africa, 10th grade, 7th grade,
	TELL FREEDOM	Speare Earth Poetry	Dramatic Verse	africa, freedom, time, travel,
	I Was Alone	Michael Nichol Kamara	Abecedarian	africa,
	Stevie Wonder	stephen crenshaw	Ballad	africa, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
	WHEN HE SAW ME,HE SAID,SIBUSISIWE	Sibusisiwe Ncede	Free verse	africa, age, appreciation, birth,
	THE DISTRACTION OF RELIGIONS VS SPIRITUALITY	Vicki Acquah	Blank verse	africa, allusion,
	Take a STEP	Qudus Agbaje	Free verse	africa, career, change, courage,
	Taking Prayer out of anywhere	stephen crenshaw	Narrative	adventure, africa, age, allah,
	MY POERTY BOOK	Sibusisiwe Ncede	Free verse	africa, appreciation, art, change,
	What if God was Too Busy for You	Panagiota Romios	Rhyme	africa, blessing, god, good
	Unusual legislation	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	africa, america, money, slavery,
	Sunday somewhere else	jan oskar hansen	Free verse	africa, allusion, arabic, art,
	Muhammad Ali and Casus Clay	stephen crenshaw	Narrative	africa, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
	Young and Hopeful Africa	Mugisho Theophile	ABC	africa, community,
	MAGUFULIZATION	Lucas Mkude	Ballad	africa, appreciation,
	Crush	Prince Henry Nibenang	ABC	7th grade, africa, blue,
	Covert Creed	Prince Henry Nibenang	ABC	11th grade, adventure, africa,
	THE TRUTH	Sibusisiwe Ncede	Free verse	africa, age,
	LOVE YOU MOM	Akan Udofia	Rhyme	africa, black love, love,
	A WOMAN IN WHITE COAT	BERNARD CHILAMBE	Rhyme	africa, courage, strength, thank
	Hagar the Horrible blessing	Anil Deo	Ballad	africa, analogy, april, black
	The promises of white Elephant	Stewart Annie Everestus	Free verse	africa, depression, discrimination, fate,
	My blood runs in you	Stewart Annie Everestus	Free verse	africa, beautiful, strength,
	Inside Green Africa	Mugisho Theophile	ABC	africa, appreciation, creation, education,
	WE ARE NOT ROTTEN SEEDS	BERNARD CHILAMBE	Lyric	africa, arabic, blessing, happy,
	NIGERIA MY LOVELY HOME	Abdulrauf Muhammad	Light Verse	africa,
	Conversion	CHRISTOPHER BOWEN	Haiku	africa, animal, change, christian,
	She's just tired	Stewart Annie Everestus	Free verse	africa, anxiety, girl, inspirational,
	My grief,my love	Katherine Braithwaite	Villanelle	africa, angst, death, grief,
	Trust nobody	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, confidence, freedom, truth,
	Hired activist	richard nnoli	Epic	africa, freedom, inspiration, political,
	We refuse	richard nnoli	Epic	abuse, africa, dedication, deep,

Africa Poem Example

Solomon Mahlangu: My Blood will Nourish the Tree that will Bear the Fruits of Freedom

(special thanks to a friend who shared this tribute to Solomon Mahlangu)



Solomon Mahlangu: My Blood will Nourish the Tree that will Bear the Fruits of Freedom:



Solomon Mahlangu was trained as an MK soldier with a view to later rejoining the struggle in the country.


He left South Africa after the Soweto Uprising of 1976 when he was 19 years old, and was later chosen to be part of an elite force to return to South Africa to carry out a mission commemorating the June 16th 1976 Soweto student uprising.


After entering South Africa through Swaziland and meeting his fellow comrades in Duduza, on the East Rand (east of Johannesburg), they were accosted by the police in Goch Street in Johannesburg.


In the ensuing gun battle two civilians were killed and two were injured, and Mahlangu and Motloung were captured while acting as decoys so that the other comrade could go and report to the MK leadership.


Motloung was brutally assaulted by the police to a point that he suffered brain damage and was unfit to stand trial, resulting in Mahlangu facing trial alone.


He was charged with two counts of murder and several charges under the Terrorism Act, to which he pleaded not guilty.


Though the judge accepted that Motloung was responsible for the killings, common purpose was argued and Mahlangu was found guilty on two counts of murder and other charges under the Terrorism Act.


On 15 June 1978 Solomon Mahlangu was refused leave to appeal his sentence by the Rand Supreme Court, and on 24 July 1978 he was refused again in the Bloemfontein Appeal Court.


Although various governments, the United Nations, International Organizations, groups and prominent individuals attempted to intercede on his behalf, Mahlangu awaited his execution in Pretoria Central Prison, and was hanged on 6 April 1979.


His hanging provoked international protest and condemnation of South Africa and Apartheid.


In fear of crowd reaction at the funeral the police decided to bury Mahlangu in Atteridgeville in Pretoria.


On 6 April 1993 he was re-interred at the Mamelodi Cemetery, where a plaque states his last words:


‘My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom.

Tell my people that I love them.

They must continue the fight.’



Mahlangu died for a cause!



Salute!



The Struggle Continues…




(special thanks to a friend who shared this tribute to Solomon Mahlangu)

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