BUSANI NGCAWENI: Oh! (Step)children of the empire, this grief is not yours

2022-09-10 07:55:18 By : Mr. Jeremiah .

Weep not my child Your cries of drum majorettes Be not sorry for every season come to pass Your nervous condition and position in the empire remains that of the periphery

Or are you trying to be human, to "give a human face to the world", when your humanist inclinations were cremated by the empire itself?

Weep not my brethren There is a timeless river between us and the empire With the bridge fallen, another flamboyant crossover You linger in the heart of darkness, where everything has fallen apart, a disgrace to the empire

This article first appeared on EWN : BUSANI NGCAWENI: Oh! (Step)children of the empire, this grief is not yours

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