Black People We Dance Poem by Phillip Nine Mafunga

A child is born into song and dance; a life to celebrate
Music in us is the umbilical cord that enjoins us with our fore bearers
To us song and dance is inborn
When a child is born, we sing and dance
The naming of the newly born is a jamboree of song and dance
We dance when we are happy we dance when we are sad
We sing and dance when at war
We sing anddance when burying an diseased loved one
We have songs and rhythmic dances for work
We sing and dance at weddings because of such are we made
Yes, black people can dance, from Africa to Brazil, Brazil to America yes that is who we are.


Phillip Nine Mafunga
08 October 2019