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MY AFRIKA

better. Progressively, the song for before they send you to James Fort Steve Bantu Biko, Oliver Reginald
hoisting the flags must demonstrate make sure your book is placed on Tambo, Chris Hani, Robert Mangal-
our unquenched thirst for freedom, an education curriculum, and Africa iso Sobukwe, Albert Lutuli, Victoria
liberty, justice, work and unity. Again shall speak of Freedom. I call you, Nonyamelezo Mxenge, and Abram
it must assure to quench our thirst my father. Ramothibi Onkgopotse
after singing it, though we need Tiro in South Africa. Herbert Wilt-
not to be satisfied by it. If there is While I’m screaming, I dare to call shire Pfumaindini Chitepo and his
no enough rainy water to quench Sa- you my father Mwalimu Julius Kam- fellow Josiah Magama Tongogara in
hara desert and that we call Kalahari barage Nyerere from where you are. Zimbabwe and many of your col-
– we must first quench our thirst My message is short and simple, I leagues to accomplish the new era
for freedom, liberty and justice! We beg you to open your eyes and ears of liberation all over Sub Saharan
must, we must, and we must. to see and hear the tears and voices Africa.
Hello y’all, this century must not of sorrow from your Sub Saharan
unreasonably vanish. Let us raise countries where you marked the Coming to the final analysis, the
our voices to call our beloved friend good beginning of all liberations. beautiful words of our brother Mal-
who enjoyed all his life in gunfire I call you to bring back Samora com X speak louder and possess the
– our brother Solomon Kalushi Moises Machel in Mozambique and reality to address to us, as they say…
Mahlangu and beg him to join again his friend Eduardo Mondlane not “Freedom is essential to life itself.
Umkhonto we Sizwe, if not Mau to sing again Patria Amada … Patria Freedom is essential to the devel-
Mau in Kenya, or any other Afri- Amada…but to join Miriam Makeba opment of the human being. If we
can militant wing and fight against and sing the activist song ALUTA don’t have freedom we can never
Nwera and the Dinka or Luos and CONTINUA, and their message will expect justice and equality. Only af-
Kikuyu who propagates tribal wars be short… “My brothers and sisters ter we have freedom do justice and
in Africa. Before he retires, let us stand up and sing, Eduardo Mond- equality become a reality”, without
all call him to hear the drums of lane is not gone, Frelimo, Frelimo, grieving any further we have a great
religious conflict heard in Somalia, your eternal flame has shown us the burden to terminate the existing
Nigeria, Sudan, and Central Africa. light down. Mozambique ALUTA challenges, but with your help I call
The fight must not stop there, it CONTINUA, CONTINUA, CON- you to turn it unto great opportu-
must continue against TINUA”. nities which will make the next five
enemies of liberty, justice and unity, and more decades, centuries and
because among us the seed that I beg you, Mwalimu, send our greet- centuries become the best days of
encourages the divisive sentiments ings to Herman Andimba Toivo ya our remarkable history.
grows very fast, and it breaks the Toivo in Namibia that we want him Honorable Chairperson, I take
wing to embrace the freedom we to repeat for us one of his favorite this opportunity on your behalf to
have won. stanza in “Namibia – Land of the extend my profound gratitude to
With all due respect, from the land brave” which says “Beloved land members of this assembly, to our
of the upright man, I call you Noel of Savannahs hold high the banner beloved youths and elders who are
Isidore Thomas Sankara to visit all of liberty” and we will respond too out there and to all African well
the leaders of post-colonial African so as our enemies could see our wishers all over the World. I want
countries and tell them all about the independence score cards. I call you to conclude my message using the
tale of counterproductive assistance Mwalimu to wake up my beloved words from our very own African
that kept us thinking we can only be Sir Quett Ketumile Joni Masire in proverb which says, “Every morn-
beggars who need the continued aid. Botswana and Antonio Agostinho ing in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It
I call you to hear their cries asking Neto in Angola so as they can sing knows it must run faster than the
where imperialism is while im- “Fatse leno la rona” and “Angola, fastest lion or it will be killed. Every
porting corn, rice or millet in their Avante, Angola, Avante … Onwards morning a Lion wakes up. It knows
countries. Angola” correspondingly. it must outrun the slowest Gazelle
I faithfully call you Dr. Osagefyo Before you go back to prepare your- or it will starve to death. It doesn’t
Nkwame Nkrumah to come again self, you should know that the Sub matter whether you are a Lion or a
and accomplish that decade of Saharan liberation was not complet- Gazelle, when the sun comes up you
African independence and irrigate ed. Imperialism’s roots are shining would better be running”
the roots of United States of Africa again! As a father of Sub Saharan Ladies and Gentlemen may Al-
before it shines tomorrow. And revolution, your task is to bring back mighty God bless you all.

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