By Adam Shebindu
“He grew up in the most popular neighborhood in a city with 2 million people.
He earns everything he possesses by fighting and winning the prize
He doesn’t pick his food or measure calories, yet he is still strong and very energetic
He believes in all the natural powers and places God at the top
He is an African boy
A boy whose history remains untold, ignored and undefended
A boy whose forehead was inclined, pushed back and played on
A boy whose intelligence was long minimized, disapproved and brushed aside
A boy whose intelligence was long minimized, disapproved and brushed aside
A boy whose opinions were rejected, disregarded and passed over. A
A boy whose future was neither considered important nor thought upon,
Yet he is the unforeseen power in his generation
Yet he is the engineer, the doctor or the lawyer that the world so long waited for
Yet he is the most polite, respectful, God-fearing individual in his generation
Yet he is the conqueror over colonization, racism, discrimination, hate and disapproval
He is an African boy.
He turns hatred into unconditional love
He changes dictatorships into strong democracies
He creates the true and just common wealth
He travels the world sharing peace, tolerance and joy
He creates music that brings happiness to the soul
He is writing his own history
Not a history of colonization, but of freedom
Not a history of mistreatment, but of glory
Not a history of degradation, but of dignity
He is the boy his fathers foresaw,
He is the true African boy.”
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