if the black doesn’t forgive there would be war forever if we don’t forget blood would paste our road if the black don’t believe to build faith admits molestation if they don’t………….. no white would walk alive if the black don’t forget how they hang our fore fathers if we don’t forgive how they forcefully… Continue reading IF BLACK… by by Lebile Melt Tosin
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ENDANGERED SPECIE by Emeyazia Iwediokpulu Chukwudi
The darker your skin The more suspicious you become I remember vividly while germinating They said the Devil is black. As if that isn’t satisfactory They came up with… Black-Panther,Black-Box,Black-Maria, Black-Market,Black-Chya,Black-Widow, Black-Friday and Black-Sunday. Is it a crime to be Black? If you’ve issues with my Colour Then go and ask Heaven, There is a… Continue reading ENDANGERED SPECIE by Emeyazia Iwediokpulu Chukwudi
I AM A BLACK MAN by El Sane Ken Silencer
Living in a modern world, full of colours Chameleon, it’s odour! Hidden I have merengue my tongue to be modern ‘Good morning!’ I have learnt saying this at the wake of every dawn But what has not become my part and my blood is taking my slippers in my foot along to my bed, because… Continue reading I AM A BLACK MAN by El Sane Ken Silencer
A MAP OF AFRICA by Onisowurun Sampson
(I) I see them all The grey and concrete pillars of a continent The entrails of the yoked in spirit Sealed here and there over the land. I see the river courses I see the patterns of drowsiness at day’s end I see the crafty sons of black sit-tightism send Maledictions of a dreary hooting… Continue reading A MAP OF AFRICA by Onisowurun Sampson
BLACK! by Oluwatosin Kolawole
The radiantly shiny skin appeals to all Some call it the coal-tar-like. Others liken it to a charcoal… It’s her colour; black! Sometimes, she’s molested; called names, scorned- Called a stain… But feels glad with such embalmed colour, Distinct; unique. It is her pride, one she can’t let go She has vowed to perish with… Continue reading BLACK! by Oluwatosin Kolawole
DARK AND SHINES by Goodness Ayoola
Again I am lost in a fleet of fragments Floating beneath my throat, inflammable I lie barely at the mercy of the poetic ballpoint My convulsing fingers seek solace in silence My troubled thoughts buried into the penny fountain. I feel a flush of pure rage in my ligaments As I augustly pay the evening… Continue reading DARK AND SHINES by Goodness Ayoola
WITHOUT THE BLACKS
We are Africans, the blacks, The integral part of your existence The origin of arts and innovations, Importers of your imaginations Blessed are the blacks unborn. Without The Blacks, Who buys your magic and witchcraft How can you feed and get clothed?. Racism must be stoned to death, When its day, The sun is always… Continue reading WITHOUT THE BLACKS
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DONT CARE: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
Let them speak as they’ve chosen to They have mouth Let them say whatever they like. Freedom is theirs. They say you’re darker than bitumen And compare you to the under of their mother’s pot But they’ve forgotten so soon the popular saying “ Black is Beautiful. ” Why worry yourself with what they say… Continue reading DONT CARE: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
AFRICANAH
When I was born It should have been in Eurasia, way into the belly of China To see It’s walls that I hear stretches as far as eyes can see Even Chinese calligraphy too interests me But it was my birth and my choice So I choose Africa Here there are bricks and Sun enough… Continue reading AFRICANAH