Black badge of africa what did the poet learnt to love
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I was born with the scent
of wild flowers in the air,
the smell of wood-fires,
and the cooking pot.
I was born to be proud
of the black badge
of my skin.
My first tears flowed
from the sting of smoke,
from the pain of the thorns,
in my naked, small feet.
How i hated, at first,
the long hours, herding cattle,
but i loved the hills,
and the river-when it gave me fish!
I learned to listen
to the songs of birds,
to watch the colours,
of dawn and sunset.
I learned to love
the land that gave me
my own black badge,
the black badge of Africa
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