To all my African brethren
Sons and daughters of Anowa
The grand sons of Oduduwa
And true daughters of Adroa
Your ancestors were forged by Bumba
Under the watchful gaze of Anansi
While merrily jingled his cousin Kraag
To the soft humming of Nana-Buluku
It was when Mawu-Lisa started the opus
Of forging the sources of primordial lights
He called before him GU, our elder brother
To whom he bequeathed our common law
Our own great and sacred law of Ubuntu
Embodiment of fraternity known as Ujamaa
That makes ones suffering his brother’s
And his brother’s happiness his very own
So wake up you black children of Africa
Let’s forget all these artificial boundaries
Programmed to blow up our sacred fraternity
For xenophobia is a damn chronic disease.
Alisonomi 2019©
