Mother Poem by Isaac Maliya

Seekers of wealth flooded the coastlands
Dhows trimmed mum’s humanity
Domination’s first chapter flapped
The inception of a hard road.

Resistance flopped
For bullets triumphed indeed
And the Cross accelerated their victory
Over spears and bows that crumbled
In the bloody battlefields.

Victory is unity’s offspring
Sons of mama Africa, fight on
Keep the bells of Liberty chiming
Till emancipation reigns the land
Then will be born a FREE NEW AFRICA! !

8th November 1988
Chirunga, Zomba, Malawi.