KWENU! Our culture, our future

For My Son, Arinze

Paving the way for you and Nkiru's generation

Life has been but a struggle

So many barriers, so many hurdles

Obstacles placed by man 

For his fellow man

 

Struggle, struggle, struggle

Never ending pain, never ending suffering

Privation, deprivation and starvation

In a world so full of bounties

What a foolishness!

This should not be; never should it have been

Son, it is the place of man

to fight his oppressor and 

maintain his self dignity

Life without dignity is not worth living

There is no life without dignity and 

Life without dignity is no life

 

There won't be any future for your generation

if my generation fails in its duty

Son, I will not disappoint you and Nkiru

Nor will I disappoint myself

A man has got to be a man

Not a coward

 

I have girded myself for battle

For a long and sustained battle

The pen is my only weapon now 

Information my closest ally, but 

Never will I hesitate to employ the gun

If I fall in the struggle

Never weep for me son 

Rejoice for me instead

For living and dying a man

 

The struggle has now begun 

I will fight the white man, and 

I will fight the black man 

The yellow man too 

For the dignity of man and  

For the liberation of the human spirit 

There is no life without dignity and  

Life without dignity is no life

 

So should you, my son.

 

 

 

Egbebelu Ugobelu

Thursday, 12/7/00

 

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