I Am An African

    Separation

    2004

    (or, AFRICA)

    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