Africa, Our Africa.

Africa of Green and Black, of colours in between, 
Africa of people, of love and light, from within. 

Africa of ethnics and languages, of long told history, 
Africa of cultures and traditions, a rich tapestry. 

Africa of strife and victory through colonial time, 
Africa of struggle through imperial crime. 

Africa of war, both tribal and civil, 
Africa of peace, condemning evil. 

Africa of hope, freedom and liberation, 
Africa of growth, of change and innovation. 

Africa of then: men, women – slaves to capture, 
Africa of now: men, women – reclaiming our valour!

by Maymunah Zubair

𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘡𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦-𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 @𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘨𝘺𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵.