I Am

I am the prince of Egypt

And this is the slaying of the Egyptian.

I am Mahatma Ghandi

And this is the revolution of the Indians.

I am Oliver Twist

I dare ask for more.

I am Mount Everest

Standing tall with the clouds in my hair.

I am Sizwe Bansi

This is King Williams Towm.

I am Steven Barnes

And this The Great Sky Woman;

I am John Bunyan

Visualize this Pilgrim’ Progress.

I am Ludwig Van Beethoven

And this here’s my 5th Symphony.

I am Will Smith

I am Legend.

I am Nostradamus

And this is tomorrow.

I am MLK

With big dreams to never stop being free.

I am Homer

And this is the Iliad;

I am Nelson Mandela

This is the unconditionally free South Africa!

I am MJ

I am off the wall.

I am Jane Taylor

Twinkle, twinkle I’m a star!

I am John Milton

No sweat. This is Paradise Regained.

I am Christopher Columbus

This is the New World.

I am Maya Angelo

And Still I Rise

I am a firefly

And this is the darkest of night.

I am Miriam Makeba

And this is Aluta Continua.

I am 2pac,

I was born not to make it but I did!

I am William Wordsworth

And this child is father of the man.

I am Gulliver

And this is Lilliput.

I am Charles Dickens

And this is the story of Copperfield.

I am Achebe;

I thrive as Things Fall Apart.

I am Luther Vandross

Stealing one final dance with my father.

I am the Trojan horse

Within is an arsenal to capture a fortified city.

I am Abe Lincoln

And this is the Proclamation of Emancipation.

I am Mungo Park

This is the stretch of the Niger.

I am the Magi

And this is the cradle in a manger.

I am Hamlet:

To be or not to be?

I am the Shepherd boy;

Give me five smooth rocks and I’ll slay a giant.

I am Arthur

And this is Excalibur.

I am Wole Soyinka

I am the pride of the Jewel.

I am Tananarive Due

And this is My Soul to Keep.

I am Negro;

The whole world is African soil.

I am Napoleon Bonaparte

I came, I saw, I conquered.

I am Tupac Amaru Shakur;

Sheez, it’s just Me Against the World.

I am Terry McMillan

This is how I got my groove back.

I am Stephen King:

And this is The Stand.

Akpan