To the worldThey call themselves The United Kingdom To their brown subjects They called themselvesGreat BritainOnce the savages ousted the crownThe Queen said ‘Child, Become a part of the Commonwealth’Though there was not much Common in our wealth Other than our rich imperial historyAnd the trauma in a tongue We share, named after One kingdomContinue reading “There ain’t no black in the Union Jack”
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Freedom to Breath
Check out the pace of the plague. Insane! Cough, cough, people drop like black lives ’round blue lights in broad daylight. I wonder why – God – “I can’t breathe.” The pain, the pain, must cease. Police please! I protest peacefully. Silly me. I must die slowly for the world to notice me. I wonderContinue reading “Freedom to Breath”
The Eurafrican
She sounds like Africa From the beating of her beads along her braids To the rattle of hoops and bangles worn And intonation of words as they flutter as a dole of doves. But she was raised in Europe With the nuance of talk and distance she keeps; Sun rejected by her umbrella, sheContinue reading “The Eurafrican”
Beyond Black
“The world is not white. It never was white. It cannot be white. White is a metaphor for power.” – James Baldwin We were made to be black. We were made to be Black nigger kaffirs. We were born into these names From colonial slavers. Bondage was imprinted On our tongue as theirContinue reading “Beyond Black”
The Escape from Loss
Have you heard the Atlantic cry to the Mediterranean? Have you heard the ancestors weep and gnash teeth? Years afore, in the Atlantic core bodies passed down the Middle Passage. The undercurrent had cast seaweed nets on their corpses, and mourned the loss. Only the moss’s prayers bubbled up in deep blue spirituals,Continue reading “The Escape from Loss”
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Samuel Rubadiri 