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Black Poetry Post #24 - Michael Dei-Anang

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DevotionReader Series: 30 Ways of Looking at Black Poetry

My Africa - Michael Dei-Anang

When vision was short
and knowledge scant,
Men called me Dark Africa

Dark Africa?
I, who raised the regal pyramids
and held the fortunes of Conquering Caesars
In my tempting grasp.
 
Dark Africa?
Who nursed the doubtful child
Of civilization
On the wand'ring banks
of the life-giving Nile,
And gave to the teeming nations
Of the West a Grecian gift.

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