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Nananom

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Nananom.....Nananom Nananom Yoo Maate Maate mekasa! I hear the voice of a great ancestor! A great  ancestor! Calling and screaming the northern coast more specifically the coast West of Egypt that was Africa in ancient times the late 19th and 20th century European colonization, a rapid development Scramble of Africa Yes! yes! I hear! ... Oui! Je vous entends! ... Indépendance, Independence, Indépendance ! Then Gun shots weeping, wails, death hm! celebration of death juiced blood The second world war! Decolonization 1960, Year of Africa Africa a blessing But there are the cursed ones the clueless OMG I'm I really here here What's happening You are in Africa Mountain Kilimanjaro Mountain Kenya Mountain Stanley Mountain Elgon Welcome I am your tourist guide You are blessed to be here Where Politics is like a divine mine The home of economic emergencies Yet some pockets are still shiny Black skin

THE LESS

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ANOTHER MORNING I HAD TO VISIT MY FATHER I HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR YEARS I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL FOR THE MIDTERM BREAK THE DAY WAS BRIGHT EVERYTHING WAS TILL YOU CAME I DO NOT BLAME YOU FOR POURING DOWN I BLAME MYSELF AND MY FELLOW TOWNSMEN FOR THE POOR CONSTRUCTION WORKDONE THE POOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM I HAD NOTHING TO SAY THAN CRY THEN IT HAPPENED YOU SHOWED ALL OFF US GREATLY JUST LIKE A DREAM THEN SUDDENLY I HEARD SCREAMS NONE OTHER THAN MY FATHER'S NEIGHBOURHOOD! BUT I WOULD NOT BEGIN TO NARRATE BECAUSE THAT DAY HMMM A BLACK WEDNESDAY SEVERAL CITIZENS DIED CHILDREN, HUSBANDS, MOTHERS, VENDORS THE FATHERS I WOULDN'T BORE YOU WITH MY TEARS BUT I HOPE YOU CONSIDER IT WAS SAD AND I'M STILL MOURNING BUT I CANNOT OVER LOOK THE WHAT NEXT? WHAT HAS CHANGED? PEOPLE KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S SILENCE BUT I DECIDE ASK EVERY CITIZEN WHAT IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION? THE LESS OCCURRED BUT THE WORSE IS GONE