When I Rule Africa by Chanda Katonga

[tabby title="Poem"] When I rule Africa,there will be no idle hands.Sacrifice will be a covenant,discipline its currency. We will mine with our own hands,turn ore to industry at our shores.Lithium, gold, copperthey will feed our factories, not foreign vaults. Agriculture...

Idiots of the Continent by Chanda Katonga

[tabby title="Poem"] When America wants to cleanse its sins,it turns to Africa the continent it calls disposable. Criminal migrants for sale,and you — the so-called leaders —accept the trade like beggars at a banquet. Why not Europe?Why not Asia?Why only...

Mandela, Forgive Us by Chanda Katonga

[tabby title="Poem"] Mandela, forgive usWhen Robben Island set you free after twenty-seven winters,You stepped into sunlight and showed us the way.You taught us peace when the world expected vengeance,You offered us hope when our hearts were torn. Your vision was...

Kings Who Beg by Chanda Katonga

[tabby title="Poem"] Even a stray dog chooses dignity over slavery,but you, so-called African leaders, have chosen puppetry.The Western world laughs at your blindness,a blindness born of greed and cowardice. If they call you in Russia, you go.If they call you...

God Weeps in Gaza by Chanda Katonga

[tabby title="Poem"] In Gaza, the sky does not fallIt rains fire. Children sleep beneath concrete tombs,Mothers wail into hollow winds,And the olive treesBleed. A boy holds his sister’s severed handLike a prayer,Like a memory,Like a question God won’t answer anymore....