Charlie Maison Ole Nkurrunah

YOU So I sat down and tried to define you Tried a hand at some descriptive adjectives Forgive me for any objectification For  it is all out of affection You are the shade of the Osokonoi tree On a sweltering January afternoon You are a drop of mountain dew straight from the slopes of Oldoinyo Oiborr If love was a person That would definitely be you You are a Queen  For your invincible crown illuminates bright Brighter than the beautiful sunset on Motonyi hill You are the cool breeze that flares the embers of my inner fire You are You.

I hope it is well with you wherever you ended up I hope it is with the ancestors, our other African forefathers Nelson Mandela, the forever father of the rainbow nation Patrice Lumumba the political martyr of the Zaire Leopold Senghor who taught us all the essence of black consciousness Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and the Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah himself  Give my sincere greetings to other African saints The ones our tears will forever flow for The ones that Africa shall never forget! El Presiente! Forgive me, forgive us  Forgive Africa for being a disappointment to the ideals you fought for For constantly and consistently being a disgrace to black consciousness  The beautiful future you fought for is now more blurry and so uncertain The continent is in a bigger mess than the one you left it in Corruption is more rampant, neocolonialism is at its peak China just joined the fray and is fully utilizing the black gold that is Africa Now our descendants are already indebted   You tried to help Ho...