Sydney Abubakarr Foday Conteh, a British writer, was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Author of two books, Looking through the black window and This soul of mine both available amazon and big book stores.
Sydney Conteh graduated from Anglia Ruskin University with a psychology degree.
Sydney Abubakarr Foday Conteh's poems address many issues concerning race and youth advocacy.
Sydney Abubakarr Foday Conteh runs writing workshops and mentorship programs, driven by a passion for cultivating future authors.
It is said
The bigger the hair the closer to heaven you are
The longer the hair
The closer to your roots
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Shosholoza Shosholoza ku lazontaba
Stimela sipum'e South Africa
Wen uyabaaleka
Ku lezontaba
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Am not patriotic enough
Are my scars not deep enough
Are my calluses not hard enough
Are my nightmares of guns and bloodshed
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My Malcolm says
I will fight
I will fight when you treat my skin like a garden to practice your racism
I will fight your racism with my black beauty
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On this day
Derek Chauvin got found guilty of, the murder of
George Floyd. Today another day the world sees black pain
This time we are not ignoring it
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