Oh Mama Africa!
How can we proudly observe 25th of May
As Africa Liberation Day
When the Liberation torch handed down to us
Was set aside to erode and rust
Oh Mama Africa!
How can we honestly observe 25th of May
As Africa Liberation Day
And in your heart is the suffering Congo
And how long is she yet to undergo
Fratricidal war fed upon pains and blood
And the seeds of hatred and discord
Oh Mama Africa!
How can we sincerely observe 25th of May
As Africa Liberation Day
And close to your heart is beautiful Rwanda
Where your children are now restless wanderers
They have finally taken the refugee trail
Carrying children, animals, mattresses and pails
Oh Mama Africa!
How can we proudly observe 25th of May
As Africa Liberation Day
When from the North are crawling in the Islamists
And their brother–enemies the jihadists
Each accusing the other of heretic and falsehood
They are indeed two irreconcilable brotherhoods
Oh Mama Africa!
How can we sincerely observe 25th of May
As Africa Liberation Day
Mama! At the foot of Mount Kenya
The lofty monument of your sons Kenyatta
Nyerere, Lumumba, Nkrumah, Mandela
Mama Africa!
Forgive our today leaders if they confess
Regret their greed and excesses
They promised to make us “super powers”
That over our land prosperity would ever shower
Instead they’ve made themselves the “super power”
To dominate us like mighty towers
Mama Africa!
How can we truly observe 25th of May
As Africa Liberation Day
When Liberation torch handed down to is
Was left on the way to erode and rust
Poen by EL-MALCIK FAAL, published first in The Point on 5th of June 2017