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Poetry: Still I Rise

Still I Rise - A poem by Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, (...)

| April 2016 | 3695 views

Poetry: Cidade Velha

Cidade Velha By Saidu Bangura, Praia, Cape Verde (Cabo Verde). On these shores on this soil here, at Cidade Velha my kinsmen were brought with no (...)

| February 2016 | 3891 views

Poetry: New Old Dreams

New Old Dreams By Saidu Bangura, Praia, Cape Verde. New Year, new wishes new hopes new dreams new aspirations new desires new (...)

| December 2015 | 5281 views

From Cline Town to Mount Aureol

Fourah Bay Colleg! Fourah Bay College! Fourah Bay College! Did you ever read the history of the advent of Western education and influences to West (...)

| October 2015 | 8494 views

Poetry: I believe, therefore I am

By Mohamed Gibril Sesay, Freetown, Siera Leone.* I believe Therefore I am I doubt Therefore I am not Money changers at the altars Of our (...)

| September 2015 | 4999 views

Poetry: My African Dream

My African dream By Saidu Bangura, Praia, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde). This is not a song, it is a dream – A shapeless, colourless dream Which you must (...)

| August 2015 | 5087 views

Poetry: For our mentor, Eldred Jones, at 90

For Our Mentor, Eldred Jones, at 90 (Eldred Durosimi Jones, 6th January 1924- ) By Jonathan Peters, Freetown, Sierra Leone. I cannot say ‘Welcome (...)

| February 2015 | 4390 views

Poetry: Thanksgiving, 2014

Thanksgiving 2014 By Willie James King, USA. Ate well. Didn’t pig-out. Still took my walk though, and I returned home facing another cold, (...)

| December 2014 | 3358 views

An Ode to my Brother

To my friend and brother Dr. Modupeh J.H. Cole. By Koyie Mansaray, a bosom friend and brother, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. Ebola in faraway Congo has come (...)

| August 2014 | 4318 views

Poetry: Purpose

Purpose By Willie James King, Montgomery, Alabama, USA. In a stilled summer sunlit part of the lake, I can see burnished, silver, (...)

| July 2014 | 3481 views