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FIRST BORN



We are the first born of men
We are the model of culture
We are the power of the future

We were subjugated
Tortured, beaten, degraded
Devalued, denigrated, starved.

Alien cultures imprisoned us
White complexions enslaved us
We denied not our etymology

Away from home
Stripped of ancestral elements
We became embodiments of culture.

Firmly, we held to our creed;
"Black is not a colour. It's an attitude
A mindset, a way of life."

We are Africa.

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