Africans Then… Poem by Sicelo Sithole

Africans Then…

Rating: 4.5


“There is not a single reason to put that frown
It is not your fault that these people are brown”
Said an old priest, with a gown full of blood considered ‘vile’
I am not trying to cook up a racial story, no.
But am only trying to get the message across, and for you the young to know
That, their land was taken, only to be returned later as a graveyard of missiles
With no questions, and with no smiles
They endured to be Africans then, endured for being ‘brown’ people for a while

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Paolo Giuseppe Mazzarello 10 February 2010

Africaans..Browns..Italians..One of my best friends is the new professor of Italian Literature in Johannesbourg, at University, you can contact him at francoarato@libero.it. Franco Arato Ph.D. is most serious scientist I know, in Italy he found only taxes, politics and mafia. In a certain sense, he too suffered from apartheid. Very good poem, honest, compliments to Mr Sithole, English legacy is in his hands.

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Victoria Mbali 10 February 2010

how sad the past and how great the future will only if we look beyond the colour.nice I tell you,

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Sue S. 26 February 2009

The quiet tone and understatement in this poem makes it SCREAM out loud! Fabulous.

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Diana Van Den Berg 26 February 2009

The hurt and damage that Apartheid did goes far deeper than anyone who didn't experience it will ever know. However your beautiful words tell us some of it...

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Sicelo Sithole

Sicelo Sithole

Durban, South Africa
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