AS LONG AS THE WIND STILL BLOWS
As long as the wind still blows
His words will still reecho
In the dreams we forget when we wake
In the thoughts that dip and surface.
"Africa must unite
We have the resources
We have the manpower
Only unity remains"
These words will fly with the Monsoon
Across the plains of South Sudan, Cameroon
Climb the hills of DR Congo, walk the lonely deserts
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Categories:
africanism, 12th grade, absence, africa,
Form: Free verse
THE CITY OF SIRTE
She rose from the sand like a favoured child
Cradled by waves and draped with oil.
A city birthed from
A legacy carved to outlive time.
She wore power like a velvet robe
Gracefully hosting the continent’s hopes
Summits held with unifying dreams
From Egypt’s dunes to Sierra Leone’s seas.
But now she lies in shattered grace
Her golden roads frayed like worn-out thread.
Glass-built
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Categories:
africanism, 12th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Free verse
ANOTHER WAY
We've painted unity on beach sand
hung hope on mangrove branches
one wave & it all washed away.
We've built summits from dust and debt
made promises we can’t even explain
while huge walls still rise between us.
Speeches thunder & then fade to silence.
Hope passes hands like counterfeit.
Even our chiefs wear suits now.
Freedom feels outsourced again.
We've tried everything they named.
So
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Categories:
africanism, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
SIERRA LEONE KNOWS!
When dark shadows of war fell
And cries of anguish rang like bells
Streets stained, the skies of Sierra Leone torn
The hope of this nation was lost and gone.
Through those dark clouds, a light arose
A force for peace, worries deposed
ECOMOG came with a mission crystal as clear
To drive away the reign of fear.
Through jungle paths and smelly
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Categories:
africanism, 12th grade, africa,
Form: Free verse
May PanAfricanism be our guiding light
Let the paths of our ancestors remain in sight,
Their struggles, their dreams, their fearless might.
Nkrumah's vision, Sankara's spirit, Lumumba's grace,
Mandela's legacy, a beacon for our race.
Ghaddafi's resilience, a lesson to embrace
From Cameroon's plains to Sahara's gliding grace.
Under the vastness of the Atlantic sky,
In Senegal's savannahs, let unity fly.
Let Pan-Africanism fill every breath we take
From cradle
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Categories:
africanism, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Pan-Africanism
Like twins, we share markers of a common history,
Civilization, and knowledge; a call for unity.
The carcasses of slavery and the slave trade
Are lost in the dust. O black water days.
Colonization has been eaten by our sovereignty.
Our flag, we raise high in the sky.
The struggle for the unification of Africa,
The fight for the liberation of the
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Categories:
africanism, africa, confidence, courage, family,
Form: Free verse
Africanism:Rise
The ancestral savannahs of my people
Are still alive in the unseen horizons
Our grandparents have told us many
Wonderful things about our tribe
Before they arrived, we were here
On the banks of the rivers and streams
We stood and saw their ships
North, south, East and West
Your blood flows in my veins; Only we
Can irrigate the fields without profits
The
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Categories:
africanism, africa, confidence, courage, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Amasowonmwan
AMASOWONMWAN
At arm's, I am but your brethren,
Ne pas comrade
Pour food, most have sold
Their Honors for gold
Others, a pot of pottage
The tree only bends to the wind
Because it doesn't know how to do otherwise
Ainsi be wise, precautions taken
Births no aftermaths
You are not your father's son
Lest, you wear the family's emblem
Upright;
Off white greyish,
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Categories:
africanism, africa, allusion, deep, extended
Form: Didactic
Who Cares
Who cares?
Those were days past
When Africans used to be brothers
When everyone shared when something bothers
When we all united against immorality
When a child belonged to the community
Now everyone on his own
Because none cares
Gone are days of blood brotherhood
When all norms had meaning
When a kinsman never would sleep hungry
When we shared a pot of
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Categories:
africanism, africa, community, encouraging, faith,
Form: Verse