I am a woman I am a woman, not just a woman but an African woman The sun goddess, induni ya manzi I shine so bright like a diamond that forever sparks. I am the one that shines like diamond that caused my forefathers To dig the ground with nothing but bare hands I glitter like gold that was first discovered in the city of gold Gauteng maboneng the city that glitters no more While i still glitter flawlessly I am she, whose beauty flows so deep like the Vitoria falls, The fall that smokes of nothing but thunderous thunder. I am she,the one who once climbed great mountains,mountains of Kilimanjaro, Drakensburg n Maluti gathering for my society I am she,whom once walked the contours of this world living behind in-erasable footprints for those after me to follow. I am she,the one who holds the knife on its sharp edge and still survive its cuts I am she,the one who goes hunting for a lion with nothing but my untrimmed nails but still demands on manicure. I am she,the one that still walks the bushes of Africa barefooted and yet demand no pedicure of which is foreign to me. I am she,the one who used to sing melodically on the river banks providing songs of comfort as woman drain their tried bodies on the divine waters I am she,the grand daughter of woman who stayed behind and become mothers and fathers coherently as their husbands and sons took to the battlefields. I am she,the granddaughter of the worlds greatest defiant activist. activist who attacked threats to their loved ones head on and whole-hardheartedly. I am the granddaughter of thousands of woman who marched in honor of my lively hood. I am the granddaughter of she a great woman, she being my own grandmother Monye Choma. I am the granddaughter of she a great woman, she being Helen Joseph the white woman who fought apartheid. I am the granddaughter of she a great woman, she being mother of the nation mama Winnie Mandela. I am the granddaughter of them great women, them brave and courageous women of their lifetimes them being the likes of mamas;Bertha Mashaba,Lian Ngoyi,Dora Tamana,Albertina Sisulu I am the granddaughter of an endless list of remarkable women. I am a woman I am a woman, not just a woman but an African woman The sun goddess, induni ya manzi I shine so bright like a diamond that forever sparks. I am the one that shines like diamond that caused my forefathers To dig the ground with nothing but bare hands I glitter like gold that was first discovered in the city of gold Gauteng maboneng the city that glitters no more While i still glitter flawlessly By:Mpho Mthethwa
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:22:21 +0000
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