Martin Luther King, Jr was an
American Baptistminister, activist,
humanitarian, and leader in the African – American Civil Rights Movement. He
was born in January 15, 1929 and was assassinated on April 4, 1929.
AFRICA BY R.E.G. Armattoe ( Dedicated to Mne. Leony Armattoe) I once saw a maiden dark and comely, Sitting by the wayside, sad and lonely. Oh! Pretty maiden, so dark and comely, Why sit by the wayside, sad and lonely? ‘I am neither sad nor lonely,’ she said, ‘But living, sir, among the deaf and dumb; Relentlessly watching this shameless dead, Makes my warmth heart grow very cold and numb.’
Rejoice and shout with laughter Throw all your burdens down, If God has been so gracious As to make you black or brown For you are a great nation, A people of great birth For where would spring the flowers If God took away the earth? Rejoice and shout with laughter Throw all your burdens down Yours is a glorious heritage If you are black, or brown.
Freetown, when God made thee, He made thy soil alone Then threw the rich remainder in the sea. Small inlets cradled He, in jet black stone. Small bays of transient blue He lulled to sleep Within jet rocks, filled from the Atlantic deep. Then God let loose wee harbingers of song. He scattered palms profusely o’er the ground Then grew tall grasses, who in happy mirth Reached up to kiss each palm tree that they found. ‘This is my gem!’ God whispered, ‘this shall be To me a jewel in blue turquoise set.’ Thus spake the mouth of life’s eternity; There, tranquilly lies Freetown, even yet. Then God couched, lion –like, each mighty hill. Silent, they keep their watch o’er Freetown still Silent –
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