(Pic: Desert Flower by Joadoor. For your viewing pleasure)This is the first and one of many poems that I will be posting on here. I wrote it years ago when I saw the movie Hotel Rwanda. The movie made me furious, and it reminded me of the hardships that Africans endured because of Western influence. As an African myself, I couldn't help but to blame the Europeans for the tragedy of Rwanda. But then it dawned on me soon after that at some point I have to stop blaming others for the problems in Africa. Of course this doesn't mean that I ignore the historical context...
This poem called the Acirfa Litany explains it all...enjoy and share your thoughts
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Because “Africa” is spelled
Up
Side
Down.
Because of you.
Because you were there, because we were slaves
Because
we
broke f r e e.
Because of our strength, because of the Son, our sun…shining.
Be-cause: be-lieve, be-ware, be-free, be-lost;
Because we live in schizophrenic worlds
Unstable.
Because of you, because of us;
Because of us, we die.
Copyright. 2010. Moji S.
