African Poems

Etosha to Okavango an Africa Poem by Dave Lewis

Poem: Cabinda Look! The Bakongo are here – beautiful and strong honey-sweet fat caterpillar-lipped tasting of frangipani in dew, statuesque curves adorned in psychedelic charms… Open that casket, give the

Leone Stars Stars in our eyes. Our hearts a beating Limba drum Our eyes glued in anticipation We watch them kicking up a storm On the football pitch Awaiting that
This poem is dedicated to Abu Bakarr Jalloh, Founder of The African Dream, and it is written by British-Sierra Leonean author and poet Ella Llewelyn Jones.

On a cold morning, I do pick up my pen to write. Yes, willing to write it down but literally unable to paint a picture of my dream. Blinded with

A poem by Dr. Sifiso Falala

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