Black And Beautiful Poem by Okim Otu

The sun rises upon my head
and sufficed my glowing beauty
The sun set on my hearts
and delivered dozens of loving colours
Out of my right comes pink
Out of my left goes purple
I'm white, I'm green
I'm every colours.


I'm the loving mother
I'm the caring father
I'm the respectful child
I'm the hardworking farmer
I'm the passionate teacher
I'm the just judge
I'm the gallant warrior
I'm the caring nurse
I'm the priest of Obatala
I'm the child of Ajani

Beauty clusters my everything
my virgin forest that ventilates the earth
my Nile, my Kilimanjaro
my gold, my diamond
my elephants, and kangaroos
my Mandela, my Mansa Musa
my Lagos, my Nairobi,
my Seychelles, my Cape Verde
I'm Africa
I'm Black and Beautiful