Rejoice (Oh Ye Africans) - Gladys May Casely-Hayford

Rejoice and shout with laughter

Throw all your burdens down,

If God has been so gracious

As to make you black or brown.

For you are a great nation,

A people of great birth.

For where would spring the flowers

if God took away the earth?

Rejoice and shout with laughter

Throw all your burdens down

Yours is a glorious heritage.

If you are black, or brown.

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Gladys May Casely-Hayford [Aquah Laluah] (1904 – 1950) Sierra Leone (born Gold Coast)

Source: Afrolit