I am in a pair of shoes with a pair socks to match
In a T-shirt with inscription Sold out to Christ with a singlet underneath
I wear a pair of trousers on boxers
I am an African
I speak good English wanting to learn French
My mother tongue Ewe I speak in a song
I write with an ink and type with my fingers
I am an African
The songs I sing are all from within
To praise my maker in Jesus name
I read the bible and pray for understanding
I am an African
On wheels I move from place to place
In a can I can I go further to explore other weathers
Yet on my two feet I walk shorter to distances I can not imagine
I am an African
It is so hot; I need a cool off in an air conditioner
I eat boiled rice fried in oil
And a lot of sugar that makes me wonders
I am an African
Deep within I find who I am
Not things around that try to define
The type of person I am inside
Of true I would like the whole world to know
I am an African and a proud one of course
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Move to the left
moves
Do the move
2 comments:
Indeed to be an African means a lot of things to different people. Africa is a 'broad church' that embrace even those who seems not to be Africans. No wonder some of us believe that to be an African is primarily to be human i.e. Africanity is about Humanity. So a 'white' person can be an African. A Christian can be an African. And even one can be both a Marxist and a Christian in Africa! Surely Africans cannot afford to create an exclusive African identity in line with a binary world that has historically subjected Africans to the cruelty of inclusive racial,class,gender and religious identities. As Thabo Mbeki says in his speech ' I am an African', we are part and parcel "of all these people" that Africa has encountered in its painful history!I,too,I am African!
Thanks for the comment
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