Homemade
How happy we were while
eating homemade foods
in some Congolese and
Nigerian restaurants
in different places
of Pretoria.
some longtime friends
enjoyed different fried fish
(from lake Tanganyika) ,
nice salade with cassava pap.
It was an excellent hospitality
which I experienced on those days
with them in different places
around and out of town where
we could find homemade foods ,
cultural garments and other stuffs
preferable by all bantus.
I think those healthy foods
increased some calories
in my body as my heart was super exited
while sharing with some home friends
In a foreign country.
Bantu ngoma sounds in dark nights,
"Tunti! tunti! tunti! tunti! tunti!
Baaabi! baaabi! baaabi! baaabi!"
Many young and old bantus
Sarounding wood fire while
Dancing and singing some
Bantu songs which were
Left by our four fathers
kept jealously
In our memories
And sing them daily
Bantus
Are well known as
The ancient hibrow Israelites,
In all Africa and abroad,
They protect their
Culture and
Traditions which reffer
To Deuteronomy and
Laws
Of Moses.
When you go to vira,
Shi, ngala,
Luwa, kongo,
Nyamwezi ,mongo,
Makuwa ,sotho,
Chewa, shona,
Bemba , luba,
Bembe, zulu,
Fuliru ,hutu,
Ganda, and fulira.
They all know that
They came from
Northen Africa
To central, east and
Southern Africa.
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
Mussabwa Chris
You are very
Intelligent,
All eyes
On you,
_____________
Some ears
close up,
Some hands
with charms.
May 08/2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
Mussabwa Chris
Message:
Majority black communities
Always failed to support
And protect
The very intelligent
People among them.
It always be a secret motive
To eliminate them through charms
Or poisons.
Being a very intelligent to some
Bantus and other black groups
Was always a danger
From the begining of colony
to today.
More black people were instructed by the Majority colonisers to eliminate
Their very intelligent people
And that pratique continued secretly...
Which is " selfhate "
Telling you the truth
Doesn't mean enmity.
___________________________
Telling you the truth
Means loving you so much.
May 03/2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
Mussabwa Chris
Message:
As many people
hate the truth in World.
Many bantus understand
That the Truth is
So important in their lives
But they can still ignoring
And hating it
Due to different
Personal agenders.
...Telling the truth means extra-care ....
Quote by poet
...Who speaks the truth , he is God 's beloved...
Bantu popular quote.
The World has seventy
Five percent of hypocrites
___________________________
Lies fly rapidly than flies
Truth regected mostly.
May 02/2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
Mussabwa Chris
Message:
Majority bantus
" And other nations"
hate the truth
Continue telling the truth
About some wong deeds
of some bantus
Privately
or publicly ,
it is opening doors
To more secret and open conflicts.
Many people died
And continue to die due
To speaking the truth here and there.
Majority bad people are always well portrayed
Reported and publisied,
Majority good people are always bad portrayed ,
Reported and published.
A tricolor flag flutters in the air
Freedom finds its own wings
March 31,2023
Write a Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor Suzanne Delaney
Murmuration of starlings
Drone swarm light show
30 Mar 2023
Written Bantus Poetry
Contest Sponsor: Suzanne Dalaney
A couple dancing waltz -
A walking bushman swinging with his tucker bag
Philippine map -
An inverted y
March 29, 2023
Write BANTUs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Suzanne Delaney
Police lady kneels in prayer for peace* against echoing bombshells
Babe sleeps midst quietude inside mother’s womb.
*Philippians 4:7 ...The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
March 28, 2023
3RD PLACE, "Write BANTUs" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Suzanne Delaney; judged on 4/6/2023
"Two-line Bantu (or Abantu) poetry developed from the Bantu people of Africa (speakers of the Swahili, Kinyarwand, Kirundi, Zulu, Xhosa and other related languages). It arose from the oral tradition of “call and response.” In the rhythm of their work and perhaps in the spirit of a game or to relieve boredom, people would call out to each other. The first speaker called out a line that contained an image. A second speaker replied using a second image. This second image was meant to function as an elaboration or metaphor of the first."
He tips his hat at the sidewalk sales.
A snowman bids farewell.
Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
March 26, 2023
A row of birds on the power line
Workers queue for rush hour buses
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Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
Placed 1st
© 26th March 2023
Fireflies glowing as they pass in the night
Glittering and glimmering – softest starlight
Write BANTUs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Suzanne Delaney
March 26, 2023
Geese flying in V formation
on the clothes line – my sweater flaps in the breeze
March 25, 2023
For Suzanne Delaney's Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Less vibrant berries have sweeter seeds.
Foster them for you reap what you sow.
Bees' wildflowers flourish on flowing water.
Elsewhere, a rose is opening its wings.
Written: March 23, 2023
Written for the contest, Bantus
sponsor, Suzanne Delaney
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