Hopes For Africa Poem by Dr Anthony Onoja

Ours are indigenous, coming from the bedrocks of Africa
This we shall craved for in the void of all eternity
When we have conquered our fears and elevate our firms
In the marshes of these great African minds
When the dons have analyzed the stories of our unity
Bond to bond as though united in our bloodline
When miss Thatcher reference us in Harvard showiness
Africa shall stand so tall among the equators of Kenya
Brace through the innovative halls of Pan African University
Hope at last have return to our fading doorsteps
Eternally grateful we are to the great Union of Africa
Pan Africanism the aorta of our greatness in hub
Sometimes we hear mama calls from the mud huts of Busia
Along the slide lands of Ashanti warlords
In the plateau of Zulu Bafanbafa dominance
Among the seven mountains of Zambia beyond Mugabe
Hailing the little damsels of Swazi abound their beauty
Even to the high tides of Mombasa wave tides
So good to be true, in the marvel of our souls
Education brought us closeup together in one boat
Driving through the windfall to solve African problems
We dare the monsters in the brevity of our diversity
The canker worms of corruption and decay that held us back
In the lowly lands where hope abounds in hates of yesterday
Africa shall rise and stand tall like the pyramids of Giza
In the constellations of Orion shall our dotted firms appears
Among the lonely nights of outerspace shall we outlive
Hope from these giants dispatched to lit-up African streets
From the horns of Africa, abound the morale we uphold
With our days well spent in busy lecture halls
of Jomo Kenyatta University
Free atlast to take our drama to innovate African slums
From Kenya comes your saviors oh! sleeping giants of Africa
Sound the trumpets and renew your hope in Sudan
grid your loins in Gambia, smiles to Africa oh! Addis Ababa
At last you outlive these ages of darkness
Arise and shine oh! mother Africa
Africa rise, we rise, Africa live, we live