Not Our Definition Poem by ANKWASA HARLORD

Closing boarders, killing one another
due to difference in Nationality
denying trade amidst us
being a Ugandan, Nigerian, South African
does not stop us from associating
and sharing like brothers and sisters
all this is not our definition.

Torturing, raping, arbitrary arrests, killing each other
just because of Greed and Religion,
becoming a Catholic, protestant, Muslim
doesn't mean that we are not one
for we worship one God
even if not we are all humans,
all this is not our definition.

Going to the polls and voting celebrities
instead of potential and talent,
Going to the polls and voting wealth
instead of potential and talent
selling our votes for a bottle of rigour
a bottle of rigour ending up killing
our future Africa
Not our definition
Not our definition.

Offering good jobs to those we share Ethnicity
regardless of their potentials is denying Africa a chance of living their dreams,
though different we seem to be!
we have various dreams confined in one
"becoming prosperous "
Religion, Ethnicity, Nationality etc
Nooo, Not our definition.

What really defines us!
Unity is all we need to run
our world and make it move a step.

To achieve its dreams confined in one
"becoming prosperous "
and with unity the world will surely
deal away with impossibilities and only deal
with difficulties, and I say unity will surely win over
I say unity is what defines us
let's unite for a better Africa and the World.