Women Of Africa Arise
Arise! women of Africa,
Arise! daughters of brown skin
Full lips, strong arms
And black kinky hair,
Lift yourself from the ashes
Of oppression pain and poverty,
Leave your past shame behind
straighten the back that was bent,
Wash off the marks of your captors,
Erase their memory completely
Let go of the chains
that would bind,
Reject the ensembles made for others
Rejoice in the attire of your freedom,
Accept your beauty and your jewels
Adorn yourself with wisdom,
Gird your loins with
strength and virtue
Wear your clothes, your colours,
Wear your green, red, blue, yellow
Orange, mauve mahogany and gold.
Lift your head
O Treasured One,
Hear the wind calling
Your name,
Calling you out
Of obscurity and shame,
Spread your wings,
Soar above the eagle
To the pinnacle,
Created long ago,
The place of
Your enthronement,
And there rule over
All things created,
Reign in honour
Prestige and fame.
Arise Women of Africa
Emerge from your slumber
Re-discover your treasure
Smile boldly at the future
Lift your head proudly
You are royalty
Exult in your dignity
Celebrate your originality
Joy in your creativity
The signature of your unity
Arise Women of Africa.
Women of Africa,
Arise.
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@nicolebassey Nooo. FEMINISM. The family is a dying institution in “civilised” America. Don’t follow their footsteps. Know your rights. Think for yourself. But “rule over all creation?”. God they are telling you to move out from Aso Rock. The feminists are here…
Tut tut Created things wind sea land and all there in . African Women Arise! @yahayamadu
These women rights people have come again!
@kaycee Read the poem and comment on IT , Thank you!
We have risen! Lol. Lovely poem
Yes! My Sister We Have. And We Shall Rise Higher And Higher…. @shadiat. Thanks. God bless you!
Very motivational. I would have lent you my voice if I don’t despise anybody ruling over me, let alone a woman…
Good poem though, it’s needed.
Nice one- thumps up for African women
yea african women arise and save us from corruption
Amen!
Risen like the sun!
Powerful.
This one na new one O!