Mitumba - Sam Mbure

Mitumba too mitumba too mitumba too mitoo
like butterflies that can’t fly
mitumba's here, mitumba's there
Mitumba’s everywhere

South Sudanese Girl - Jackline Ateng

She is tall.
Tall and slender.
Slender and dark.
Dark and beautiful.
She is comely and graceful.
Like a giraffe gracing the glades of Mara.

Dawn of Darkness - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

I know, I know,
It threatens the common gestures of human bonding
The handshake,
The hug

Primus Priory - Jared Angira

My man is gone away to serve
                                        the Master
                                        his chief

They - Onchoka Ongoro

In the town’s shadows, they paraded
Like overlooked heroes on an unwritten script.

African Woman - Elizabeth Njeri Waweru

I am African.
I am a proud African.
I am very rich in kindness.
The kindness I often extend to the enemy.
Before they attempt to assassinate my authentic being.

Sunset - Amin Kassam

warm scent
lingers

There is a way - L-Ness

Unity is strength,

disunity is weakness,

we know one finger can’t kill a louse,

one will get there but,

together we will succeed,

when shit is hard, we are hardcore,

it is important to finish,

what we started,

to differentiate between

development and buildings,

an aim and derailment,

to the level of achieving an objective

whatever you do,

give it all your best,

when a lot of people move in masses,

you will sense there is something

motivating them and it is not sativa,

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.

Letter From A Park - Otieno Amisi

I got your letter the other day

Sweet memories flooded my demented mind

recreated those sugary times no more shared

By the park ere we bade a tearful bye

I relived those endless nights

of wakeful emptiness

that threatened my sanity

I got your letter the other day.

Asking for Blessing - Anonymous (traditional Gikuyu tribal prayer)

Say ye, the elders may have wisdom and speak with one voice.

Praise ye Ngai. Peace be with us.

Amin Kassam - Strangers Forever

Each of us 

is a passenger 

seated in one huge 

compartment 

Bosongo’s Dark Alleys - Onchoka Ongoro

That morning, as I walked to work

A lady who aired her wares in Bosongo’s dark alleys smiled at me

Grass will grow - Jonathan Kariara

If you should take my child Lord

Give my hands strength to dig his grave

cover him with earth

Lord send a little rain

For grass will grow

Blood Sunday - Kithaka wa Mberia

I 

Beats of Reggae

Roar/rumble in the air

And get mixed

With sunrise

 

Utendi (The Book of Mwana Kupona) stanzas 12-21 - Mwana Kupona

12

The first thing is to hold fast to your religion,

not rejecting the ordinances and obligations of God,

and when possible it is your duty to follow the Traditions,

it is a must you obey.

Utendi (The Book of Mwana Kupona) stanzas 1-11 - Mwana Kupona

1.

Attend to me my daughter

unworthy as I am of God’s award

Heed my last instructions

for it may be that you will apply yourself to them.

My Hand - Grand Master Masese

My hand,

My bread winner

I deeply feel your pain

Now that they catch you at night

In Mukuru

Seeking to get what you harvested

The Dawn - Lillian Ingonga

In the twilight (sic)

The first bird sings a melody

To break the darkness silence

Cactus - Bantu Mwaura

Sand,

Dater-less, and

Dry, drry

Dust

That's the environ