ELEGY FOR AMERICA

Then, That Day, This Moment History is made

Martin Luther the Saint had The Event predicted

For That to happen, his life, he had willingly donated

This Day, as a birthday present, America offered

To the whole world a freshly reborn land

Long before, Abraham Lincoln stood daringly

For a man, never again a slave be considered

Such a long way from Alabama to Memphis

Fighting for Human dignity to everybody be granted

After this Day, throughout the world, because of OBAMA,

No longer will be tolerated that for the colour of his skin

A man be ever again looked for less than a man

Saint Martin Luther surely from Heavens rejoices

This Day, Africa to the whole world loudly declaims

The black blood over years dispersed from cotton fields to battlefields

The toils, the Klu Klux Klan killings were not in vain

To my peoples from deep South to Cape of good hope imposed

From the the Pyramids of Egypt which my sons built

From the heights of Kilimanjaro to Table mountain

Our Prayers louder than the Mau Mau war songs

Stronger than the bestial Sticks of the slaves drivers and the Boers

A new common Luo and Masai fraternal song is launched

From Massachusetts down to the Capitol a world is heralded

This peaceful song to the world proudly announces

A new America is born with the whole earth reconciled

At the whole world peace and prosperity justice and hope

At This moment memories turn to the Freedom fighters

To Dubois to Garwey to Angela to Elijah Mohamed

Long live OBAMA good luck to the new America

Ohe, Africa the Cradle has again, the world maternalised

Viva America Viva OBAMA Viva mother Africa

Aziz DIEYE

Washington, January 20th 2009