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....