<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=544354" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Africa The Dignity Deferred</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am Africa<br>I am the mother <br>I am Africa <br>A father to mothers<br>I am Africa <br>An ancestor to fathers</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I gave life <br>I gave birth to all these notions <br>With motions<br>I begot all these valleys<br>Mountains I natured<br>And fountains I matured</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But wars acted<br>In no time my life was rejected<br>The spilling of blood was perfected<br>And thus today I am neglected <br>Today they predilected</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am Africa<br>Never-the-less I survived slavery <br>And tried to instill peace <br>But the strong thunders of poverty came <br>And they left me into pieces</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To hollow rocks I whispered<br>And the murmuring trees dispersed<br>Dancing with the deasese, hate! <br>That made me lose my coasts<br>And post to post I felt all costs </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am Africa <br>My poetic buff is still boilling<br>Rolling and gliding with blood and tears<br>Till today I am fighting <br>Yes I am contesting to redeem myself</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beyond the dignity <br>That was degraded by earthy spheres <br>Each day and each night <br>And for each life taken<br>I bow and lose my love <br>And my dignity is deferred</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anele+%27%27The+African+Son%27%27+kaPotelwa">Anele ''The African Son'' kaPotelwa</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=544354" data-title="Africa The Dignity Deferred de Anele ''The African Son'' kaPotelwa" data-description="I am Africa I am the mother I am Africa A father to mothers I am Africa An ancestor to fathers I gave life I gave birth to all these notions With motions I begot all these valleys Mountains I natured And fountains I matured But wars acted I..."></div> </div> </div>

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