Pillars of Leadership By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems Pillars of Leadership By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems Be committed to your people, Take all responsibilities, With all efforts you can, To your people save, Heydays and in difficulties. Cowardice avoid, Or shame to be, Or rearing … Read more
When it comes to politics, relays are downright, When it comes to politics, there is a lot of rhetorics, When it comes to politics, interests are conflicts, When it comes to politics, lawyers throw ethics, When it comes to politics, the mighty dictates rights, When it comes to politics, people always fight, When it comes … Read more
The Wonderful Surgeon By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems The Wonderful Surgeon By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems They call him in streets, The hero of butterflies, or the kingfish. Those are nicknames, given to the surgeon, wonderful the most, I ever saw. A cool man by … Read more
AN ABANDONED BUNDLE By Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ~ Selected Poems AN ABANDONED BUNDLE By Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ~ Selected Poems The morning mist and chimney smoke of White City Jabavu flowed thick yellow as pus oozing from a gigantic sore. It smothered our little houses like fish caught in a net. Scavenging dogs draped in … Read more
THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems Thin and red, Skinny and bald, The boy groans on the ground. Swollen stomach Full of waste, Thin legs, Thin arms, Twitch As the boy Fights with flies Over the empty plate. Ten years old, He looks … Read more
He read medicine Specializing in the tooth, And graduated with honours With new thesis To cure the aching malady. “Our teeth shall be alright!” People chanted, welcoming his services. And he started work, prompt and immediate. They brought him all the teeth they had – Decaying teeth, aching teeth, strong teeth. And he started working … Read more
Africa my Africa Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs Africa of whom my grandmother sings On the banks of the distant river I have never known you But your blood flows in my veins Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields The blood of your sweat The sweat of your work The … Read more
SUNRISE Jwani Mwaikusa. Behold! The sun has arisen, And with it the sons of the land have arisen too Forward they go, Well armed, Singing praises to the beauty of the sunrise, With the determination of long-term warriors, Challenging the enemy With the courage of a free mind And the vigour of a clear purpose. … Read more
A FREEDOM SONG BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Kenya) Atieno washes dishes, Atieno plucks the chicken, Atieno gets up early, Beds her sucks down in the kitchen, Atieno eight years old Atieno yo. Since she’s my sister’s child Atieno needs no pay While she works my wife can sit Sewing each sunny day, With her earning … Read more
Eat more fruit!, the slogan say More fish, more beef, more bread But I’m on an employment pay My third year now and wed And so I wonder when I’ll see The slogan when I pass The only one that would suit me Eat more bloody grass! INTRODUCTION Joe Corrie (1894–1968) was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright … Read more