To Nkrumah

TO NKRUMAH

Kwame, you taught us well
That our hearts must swell
With pride over our skin,
Our color, our kin.

Kwame, you wanted us as one
But winds fought your plan,
Winds of yesterday that cease not
To assail black effort.

Kwame, son of the Sabbath,
Your wisdom is the bath
In which we soothe harrowing pain,
Inflicted on us by world in disdain.

Kwame, your words gave courage
To the timid, to engage
In dialogues with blind ignorance---
You are strength in endurance.

Kwame, we cannot easily forget,
Lest we will regret,
The power you ignited in black man
That he too is Man.

Nkrumah, we celebrate you in song and poesy,
In action, drama and policy.
You are king uncrowned, black Julius Caesar,
Betrayed on Ides of March by razor
Sharp doubt in your great dreams.
Our unity now screams
In songs of chaos, Cold War blues.
To this world, our concerns are refuse
But we shall continue to state our worth,
Relentless to our very death
That being black is to be great---
Such truth cannot be in debate.
Your words shine like golden bracelets
On poor Africa in cold blankets.

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• poetry
• black
• identity
• pride
• color
• wisdom

[peasah2005]

@peasah2005

There's no better leader in Ghana than Doctor Kwame Nkrumah.

Nkrumah was the only one who not only knew what's vital onto Ghana, but he brought us back from the dead.

The rest after him didn't up to bring Ghana and the people of our nation into unity because of their arrogant and selfish nature.

[peasah2005]

Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah is the greatest African leader of all-time.

Nkrumah was smart, dedicated and he had the heart for Africans as a whole.

Nkrumah did so much for Ghana and our children.

Nkrumah is the man of our history.