A unedited Poem by Oko Drammeh www.okodrammeh.com God of the Universe ,Creator of Life,Thank you for the gifts of our continent,Africa-for her people her rich past,her contribuyion to mother earth. For her rich Rhythms through art and music,thank you.For her precious stories,and her struggle for victory over circumstances thank you.For her beautiful people of wisdom amidst struggle,thank you for the animal Kingdom,and to the Serengeti ,thank you.Let the living water flow that link us with our sisters and brothers across the continent of Africa For the stories of the bibical Egypt and abyssnia .that have influence Islam and Christian growth and understanding for centuries,thank you. Peace be still in the land of our beloved Africa From the rich shores of West Africa -The Gambia ,Nigeria Togo Benin,Senegal The Ivory Coast, The Gold Coast,The Pepper coast. Where crime of the past of Slavery and Colonisation have torn spirits, Dear lord, mend, restore and renew. Lift the faces of the waiting African daughters and sons of wisdom and understanding to our own faces of compassion and Love. Bind us all in the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood never to be forgotten. Release the spirit of superiority and inferiority from one another. In central, South, Eastern and Africa forgive the crimes of the past by thoes who might misunderstood the people ofd thoes areas Repair the ravages of the present ,that Congo, Somalia and Sudan and all of Southern Africa will be restored in your divine glory. To Northern Africa-Out of Egypt may we remember the fallern people and fortresses,rich contributors of the human story of excellence,and also examples of the excesses of greed which remove us from our purpose on earth,to love and serve one another in the name of the creator.Thank you, for Egypt's myth and for the mothers asnd daughters and sons who helped bind humanity. May love giving and sharing return to the lands of our beloved Africa,let her contributions be our modern world contuinue to be understood by all. May her riches be valued and cherished by every soul who journeys to her beautiful land and shores. Dear lord May the villages of Africa become our village. In the stillness of our own thoughts peace be still in Africa. Pax Vobis cum !!! Thank you God Oko Drammeh Soto Koto Music(c) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~