<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=544371" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>African Roots</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My DNA dates back to the trees that planted <br>My identity. <br>Soils creep up to distress how the hairs on my head were made.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My ancestor...<br>the ghosts that breathe through me <br>exclaiming their identity.<br>The roots that planted my existence flow through me<br>My<br>African roots.<br>The earth carries on its back the blood of those who fought for our liberty</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Liberty... Our hips, our thighs<br>Free to paint itself into a frame of its own choice<br>And it chooses the hourglass<br>Dating back into time where<br>African women spoke through their stride<br>Head bowed down<br>An unspoken noun</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That he the man and his muscles may protect his crown<br>Wabonga izulu<br>Esho izithakazelo zikaShaka Zulu<br>Thina ma-Afrika<br>Thina esinsundu<br>Esabeletha isintu<br>Ngoba kwathiwa umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu<br>Thina esinezimpande ezingasoze zahlubuka</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Indoda yabukwa<br>Yabukwa indoda<br>Kwaqubuka ukuziqhenya<br>Laqhamuka iqhawe<br>Kwaqhaqhazela umhlabathi<br>Kwazalwa izwe eliqhakazile<br>Thina ma-Afrika<br>Thina esinsundu</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our DNA dates back to the trees that planted <br>Our identity. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(A poem by Yolanda Mbatha and Mbali SImelani)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Yolanda+Mbatha">Yolanda Mbatha</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=544371" data-title="African Roots de Yolanda Mbatha" data-description="My DNA dates back to the trees that planted My identity. Soils creep up to distress how the hairs on my head were made. My ancestor... the ghosts that breathe through me exclaiming their identity. The roots that planted my existence flow throu..."></div> </div> </div>

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