African Traditional Praise
...as the Yao King seated
on the throne,
traditional prime minister
to wayao royal family recited,
"You are the only
king of Wayao of Mozambique,
Zimbabwe, Tanzania
Malawi and Zambia.
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Categories:
chiefdoms, africa, culture, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Mind Our Culture
...Why do we mind our culture so much?
As the yao king is about
To give a speech,
Yao traditional tr...
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Categories:
chiefdoms, africa, culture,
Form: Free verse
Above - Board
...Unity of African chiefdoms
and kingdoms -
Empowering,
strengthening ,
putting up africa.
Afric...
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Categories:
chiefdoms, 12th grade, culture, motivation,
Form: Free verse
I Am Liberia
...I am Liberia!
Though scared by scourges of allien spades,
My resilience bears the fountain of heaven's grace,
Piercing the pangs of all my shades!
My independence, I breathed into Africa's lung...
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Categories:
chiefdoms, education, encouraging, freedom, history,
Form: Spoken Word
The Unknown Citizen
...Blood runs hot in government offices
fueled with the unknown citizen
and the about-to-be.
Stop this day and night with me
and you shall possess the meaning
of freedom.
Follow the fluttering and...
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Categories:
chiefdoms, africa, allusion, angst,
Form: Free verse