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THIS DARK, ANAL ABYSS
Africa is the ground
Where God’s bastards play
the pit toilet
where they assemble to die
a dark smear in a dark world.
Africa is the refuse heap
Where God’s Arc Angels, pick
Unsoiled leftovers
To paradise
The Middle Passage
Was Africa’s testament of horror. Lord Ligoner.
Jamestown. 1619. Amistad.
1884
Was Africa’s year of fire baptism
In river Berlin. St. Bismarck
Africa is a Christmas chicken
Quartered in the last supper
Germany grabbed the head
Portugal clipped the wings
Belgium griped the neck
France pocketed the heart
Italy took the intestines
Britain hoarded the legs, sticks
With which she pokes the anus of history.
Africa is the dark, anal abyss;
Dungeon where they are kept –
Those found guilty for being Black
About the Author
Ifesinachi Nwadike is a Street activist, Editor, rapper, essayist, poet and playwright works had previously appeared in Ngigareview, Ake Review, ANA Review, The Sun Review, Praxis Magazine, Black Boy Review, African Writer and a host of other credible magazines. He is the Founding Editor of Ngiga Review and Co Facilitator, Ngiga Book Club. He lives and works in Lagos
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