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Mandela - A poem by Nasibu Mwanukuzi, Tanzanian poet-musician |
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"Mandela" - a poem by Nasibu Mwanukuzi aka Ras Nas Taken from "Double Focus"
A collection of poetry by Tanzanian poet and musician Nasibu Mwanukuzi.
MANDELA
Across the iron bars
outside the window
it is full of ice
dread cold
is running down
to a minus degree
celcius
Standing inside
this Babylonian cage
watching
with a sharp clear vision
is a person in colour
black
in the white sense
of this word
Wings flapping
like a summer bird
peace and cool
upon a blue sky high
with the nerves
of the deepest
ocean waves
A mahogany soul
in a long march
in a long search
a blood trail
demanding freedom
so real!
Picking the flowers of survival
along the way
on one hand
A fertile seed
carrying the sprouting spirits
of African roots
on the other
Not loosing sight
on each passing night
and a fastly clearing day
Despite three solid decades
in a white man's
oppressor jail!
Poet Nasibu Mwanukuzi aka Ras Nas greeting Mr. Nelson Mandela in Oslo on 17th May 1992.
Standing right is Ms. Tandi Rankoe of ANC.
Copyright. ANC Archives
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