Eneh Akpan Writes: Apartheid in South Africa

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Showing posts with label Apartheid in South Africa. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

A Man Like Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Courtesy: gettyimages.com

Mandela,

Like Mandela,

A man like Mandela,

I wanna be a man like Mandela.

I wanna be the face of courage,

I wanna be the essence of positive rage,

I wanna be the radar that keeps focus in range.

I wanna be the prime axis of change;

I wanna be the reason to turn the page,

I wanna be the item that gets your wits engaged.

I wanna be the spotlight of my own Madiba;

I wanna be a man like Mandela.

I wanna be the symbol of what makes a man.

I wanna make solitary confinement something grand;

I wanna be the bond of unity in a divided land,

I wanna take fear and bend it into triumph.

I wanna seize emancipation with no strings attached;

I wanna make my name a synonym for survivor.

I wanna be the shape of hope and its father;

I wanna be a man like Mandela.

Mandela,

Like Mandela,

A man like Mandela,

I wanna be a man like Mandela.

Akpan

Monday, December 8, 2014

Amandla!

Mandela Forever!

They said it was impossible

But the word don't mean zilch

To eyes that visualize the invisible.

Because to you impossible was less than nothing.

It always seems impossible

Until faith trundles in with the outcome,

Can’t no Robben stall the inevitable,

You proved it when you broke free with a song.

That’s why we call you Mandela!

You are the one true Madiba,

The vindicated Giant of Africa.

Madiba! Mandela! Amandla!

Akpan

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