Gondwana
Born of Pangaea
When separation first started
Like a unicell dividing
Africa
Spilt from India
And from America parted
Cut adrift and subsiding
Birthplace
Of all humankind
Whose seed has been scattered
Far from the Ma tree
Darkspace
That light left behind
From progress that mattered
In the quest to be free
Battleground
Of tribe against tribe
Whose rivers of tears
Still bloodstain the sand
Whispersound
Of fate’s changing tide
As hope’s rising years
Unify this great land
Wayne Visser © 2017
Book
I Am An African: Favourite Africa Poems
This creative collection, now in its 5th edition, brings together Africa poems by Wayne Visser, including the ever popular “I Am An African”, as well as old favourites like “Women of Africa”, “I Know A Place in Africa”, “Prayer for Africa” and “African Dream”. The anthology celebrates the luminous continent and its rainbow people. The updated 5th Edition includes new poems like “Africa Untamed” and “Land of the Sun”. Buy the paper book / Buy the e-book.
