MADIBA MY AFRICA

Africa is here for once as a pilgrim

Our regrets for a fallen Robben island pilgrim
Here today our revered and sullied homage
That was our price for an Africa in bondage
Madiba’s soul is journeying to the Pantheon
Will Mourners tears, unknowns allay?
Mandela was South Africa
Now Madiba is all Africa
We will not our din cast in the past
But our trophies and hopes are vast
David Diop was Africa my Africa
Madiba is my Africa my Africa