Dim lfeanyichukwu
@dimlfeanyichukwu
1 year ago

AFRICA MY PRIDE


Thickly black, l am from Africa
Thickly black like charcoal
Thickly black l am proud
Unblemished zygote of black origin
Sculpturally made and painted black

Unmasked soldiers of divinity
Unparallel lineage of racial misconception
I am dark like the night
Where the moon and the stars reign and rule
My complexion gives room for the day

Taken into slavery
Unkempt in the dark days
Wiped to bend, looking haggard
Crisscrossed in chains
I toiled and a dirge to sing about

Thanks to Nelson Mandela
Thanks to Muammar Gaddafi
Thanks to Martin Luther king Jr
Thanks to Marcus Garvey
Thanks to Odumegwu Ojukwu

Thanks to Kanneth Kaunda
Thanks Kwame Nkrumah
Thanks to William Edward DU Bois
Thanks to Malcolm X
Thanks to Nnamdi Okwu Kanu

Illustrious sons, gallant and hard fighting soldiers
Those still living and those dead
Whom l can remember
And those l cannot remember
May the Ogene, Ojar and Ukulele sound dig the air for you.

May the moon stand for you
May the stars shine for you
And the colouration of the night is our heritage
That is Africa my pride.


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