Africa The Dignity Deferred Poem by Anele Potelwa (Unpublished)

Anele Potelwa (Unpublished)

Anele Potelwa (Unpublished)

South Africa (eDutywa, Mfenguland, staying in Cape Town)

Africa The Dignity Deferred

Rating: 5.0


I am Africa
I am the mother
I am Africa
A father to mothers
I am Africa
An ancestor to fathers

I gave life
I gave birth to all these notions
With motions
I begot all these valleys
Mountains I natured
And fountains I matured

But wars acted
In no time my life was rejected
The spilling of blood was perfected
And thus today I am neglected
Today they predilected

I am Africa
Never-the-less I survived slavery
And tried to instill peace
But the strong thunders of poverty came
And they left me into pieces

To hollow rocks I whispered
And the murmuring trees dispersed
Dancing with the deasese, hate!
That made me lose my coasts
And post to post I felt all costs

I am Africa
My poetic buff is still boilling
Rolling and gliding with blood and tears
Till today I am fighting
Yes I am contesting to redeem myself

Beyond the dignity
That was degraded by earthy spheres
Each day and each night
And for each life taken
I bow and lose my love
And my dignity is deferred

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Eric Cockrell 29 January 2012

strong passionate song... the full bodied love for your Africa! very well written!

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Smoky Hoss 29 January 2012

Very powerful poem, the force of the human spirit is definately in this one.

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Oladipupo Fagbolu 15 April 2012

Great poem brother, excellent delivery

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Frank Acquafredda 11 March 2012

very deep, your passion screams out in this poem. well done

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Siyabonga A Nxumalo 20 February 2012

Oh man! lena ke ingenza ngizidle ngobu African bam indenza ndifis' ubhabhe emoyeni okwentaka.ngenanele ubuhle beAfrica ngibubukela phansi, ngiphuze kulezompophoma, ngibhukude kuleyo milambo..ngiphethe ngokuqhwakela kulezo ntaba zimakhelekethe...beautiful, ...beautiful poem mtakaPotelwa.

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Pheko Motaung 18 February 2012

Young, gifted and black! You're a fantastic poet Anele!

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Prince Kodom 06 February 2012

i av alwayz said you are the man. nice shot keep it up. we are black, and we are proud of being afrikanz.

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Anele Potelwa (Unpublished)

Anele Potelwa (Unpublished)

South Africa (eDutywa, Mfenguland, staying in Cape Town)
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