Unique Blend #RVC -Poetry

Keep Quiet…

And all they do is bring your name to shame

Act sane…

And your legacy they lay to waste

Be civilized

And uncivilized is what they claim to bear

Their eyes seeing only what their minds cannot contemplate

A dark continent for years

Is the label they have placed

Evidenced of their fear

Afraid to accept the difference we exhibit,

Our unique blend

Sophistication our middle name

Wisdom the common ground we share

Ecologist at birth

Our totems indicators of what we ought to preserve

Going green they say?

Well, we had already begun before they coined the term

Geneticist, we have always been

Our totems identifiers for us not to inbreed

Microbiology even the young breath

Meat they smoke,

Bacterial growth they stop

Ailments put to rest

As roots and leaves are crushed

To form a concoction of herbs…

Medicine our fair share

And even now, we all still have a lot to learn

Science not peculiar to a particular race

But only the apparatus they have come to change

A people crippled by cultural stagnation

Is not what we are to date?

But rather progress propelled by cultural awareness is what we command

Our native tongues the key

Indigenous knowledge preserved to date

Even weather patterns we perceive

Harbingers the real deal,

Safety achieved…

With the times we move

With history we evolve

So don’t let ignorance continue to play in your head

Civilization has always been Africa’s share

So don’t hesitate to accept,

Our unique blend 

Written by Tatenda Murangi

Posted on the amazing Takuzee website