A Dream For Zambia Poem by Fredrick Njobvu

Mother Zambia
Luapula, Eastern, Southern, Central, Western, Copperbelt,
Mother Zambia
Northern, Muchinga, North Western, Lusaka.
The land of enormous mineral wealth
I salute thee; I adore thee even in poor health
Mother Zambia
You walk with a suicidal long rope
As your people lose all hope
Rather than cooking up a brand of prosperity
You the land of recognized poverty
Have mistakenly invented a brand of austerity
The masses are slowly dying in poverty
While only a few are high-flying
Mother Zambia
We talk about your Copper rushes
We speak of numbers of
We hide our fusses in internal silent boxes
While people struggle and fight in water brushes
Mother Zambia
How can a land of abundant resources and rich culture
That the world with marvel continuously captures
Allow wealth to be taken from you before it matures?
Why not divert these takers to signs labeled departure?
Mother Zambia
Listen to your children's voices
Listen to the peoples noises
They are crying to be heard
They are crying to be fed
They are crying for proper education
They are crying as a single nation
They are crying for an end to corruption
They are crying for an end to self-destruction
They are crying for your delinquent protection
Mother Zambia
How many crying tears will it take by calculation?
How many dying years will it take to deliver salvation?
Mother Zambia
Along with your weakness I salute thee!
Along with your greatness I adore thee!
Along with your madness I still love thee!
That is why i have a dream for you
I dream of a united Zambia!
Self sustaining and self reliant
Able to produce
Anything out of nothing
And trade within her-self
And with the world at large
A proud Zambia
Of a civilizing people
I dream of a Zambia that
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe died for
Mainza Chona stood up for
Keneth Kaunda paid dearly for
A Zambia of Levy Patrick Mwanawasa
A Zambia of Micheal Chilufya Sata
A Zambia of GIANTS
Where men are great, proud and dignified
A Zambia of Mama Julia Chikamoneka,
A Zambia without tribalism, starvation, or corruption
A free Zambia
Taking on the driver's seat
Teaching without cheating-
To show the world it's possible!
No street kids because
All Children belong to one mother
Mother Zambia, a Mother Land
Where an elephant
Feeds from the Elephant Tree
A Zambia that Reuben Kamanga,
John Mwanakatwe, Dingiswayo Banda, Elijah Mudenda would look at and smile because thats the Zambia they faught for.