Note: ladies and gents, let us give a tribute to Africa -land of our father and mother land. In nature, it posed that mystical question mark from time immemorial and until now no answer has been given over that mystery. Since it is subjected to try and terror, i now submit my own take on the great continent which suffered in the hands of slave masters and its own offsprings.
Mama Africa
From the time of creation
rose a mystical question mark-Africa
with a smile of the great Atlantic
connecting to the whole world
mama, mama, maałma Africa!
From the time of white and arab slavely
you survived continual robbery
still fed and clothed your offsprings
with your wealth in abundance
mama, mama, maałma Africa!
From the start of black dictatorship
you survived terror and oppression
still protected your offsprings
by land, sea and air ways
mama, mama, maałma Africa!
Time after time with continuous ages
life-long persecution and slavely
O question mark in mystery
and why all this endless burden?
mama, mama, maałma Africa!
O God Almighty, master of destiny
you seeth how Mama Africa is treated
so perish all the enemies of Africa
and bring total freedom to Africa
mama, mama, maałma Africa!
O Africa -father and motherland
i humbly bow in tribute to you
and prays for your absolute freedom
that you -O Africa, can live forever
mama, mama, maałma Africa!
By African egret
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