Balige - Sitor Situmorang

I feel like nothing's changed 

in this small city 

though it's half a century since 

I first entered school here

There is slavery in Mauritania - Alexander K. Opicho

There are black slaves in Mauritania

Indentured Patel Slaves in India

Black Slaves in Mali

Black Slaves in Nigeria

Black Slaves in Niger

White Slaves in Russia

Muslim slaves in Senegal

There are black slaves in Mauritania.

Now we are writing dirges - Debebe Seifu

The fire blazing

Its tongue flowering

Called on us

Holy Spirit, come with light - N. F. S. Grundtvig

Holy Spirit, come with light,

Break the dark and gloomy night

With Thy day unending.

Help us with a joyful lay

Greet the Lord’s triumphant day

Now with might ascending.

The Master Brewer - Ladé Wosornu

There is a distillery in our brains

Its cane and malt, its hops and grains

Are the stuff our lives are made of.

Where I am from - Ammar AlShukry

I am from where kids smile sweet

And Niles meet, ⁣

Where the sun always shines

And grandfathers tell tales of golden times, ⁣

uncontained - Zaim Allal

turning for the door, tears began streaming	●●	tears as I crossed the threshold
tears till I felt tired	●●	and I walked on that asphalt

A to Z - Gaarriye

Caalin, listen, I'm going to travel

From A to Z carried by language -

The alphabet, alive on the page.

 

The First call / Army of Termites - Alinane ‘Naphi’ Mphande

Slowly I watched it grow

From a speck to a row

Mesmerized I watched as they came

One, two, three, four, scores and scores of them

Instructions on Survival - Suricia Yatiana Conteh

Arms outstretched so far it

embraces the Sahara desert,

not minding the scorching heat

as it tortures her like a thief.