<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368423" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Kunta Kinte</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The galvanizing torrents of the Gambia, <br>In these backwaters of a luscious Casamance<br>The Mandinka mettle reverberates to a sashay of currents<br>A heritage unspoilt, unscathed and pristine in its bounty<br>A colossal iceberg parched by the African sun<br>One in spirit with the ferocious surge of a Gambian princess<br>Roar of a primal Lion, pitter-patter of a lone tribal warrior<br>Lighter than a feather yet rooted to her legacy<br>The bough of a Baobab, standing regal and tall<br>Against the ferocious presence of an omniscient Ra<br>Tirelessly exuding her radiance in an act of a sweltering defiance<br>At the icy façades of the palest of hues, marching with barking canines<br>Hollow ungainly barrels clasped in hand, fedoras burning on the crown<br>As the copious backwaters were transformed to a trading colony <br>Where humanity was anchored to power-wielding collars and the clatter of chains<br>As a precious destiny was swindled by sweeping winds of subjugation<br>As the roaming white man, tainted white water with sanguine smears<br>As the supreme heritage of a foolhardy warrior persona<br>Died a million deaths, to rise back up again two centuries later<br>As she, the Mandinka heritage levitated from the ashes, like a dexterous Phoenix<br>To conquer her terrain, to soar yet again, like an emancipated feather</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Dilantha+Gunawardana">Dilantha Gunawardana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368423" data-title="Kunta Kinte de Dilantha Gunawardana" data-description="The galvanizing torrents of the Gambia, In these backwaters of a luscious Casamance The Mandinka mettle reverberates to a sashay of currents A heritage unspoilt, unscathed and pristine in its bounty A colossal iceberg parched by the African sun O..."></div> </div> </div>

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