A black woman!
You're a black woman,
Moulded in different shapes and colours and sizes.
Blackness could be called 'ugly'
But yours, is uniquely beautiful.
It is the shade of your skin, and hair and eyes.
You're a black woman!
Not an epitome of imperfection.
You are the golden spectrum of ivory revenes,
A prefix to another sweet name,
An image of parables and light of hope.
You are a black woman!
Not the illiterate being they think you are.
Just because you can't read or write,
Or pronounce the foreign languages that aren't even yours.
Freedom, either written or spoken
Shouldn't be forced.
You are a black woman!
You've painted galaxies in the purpleness of your words.
The whiteness of your thoughts
And lived in the blackness of the soil beneath your feet.
As farmer and a trader,
You are strong and wise.
You are a black woman!
The music that hummes to the calm breeze and noisy wind.
You are the protector of your families in the bright daylight
And blinding darkness that engulfs us all.
You are... A black woman!
The mother of the whole universe.
Just like the moon mother's the night and the sun mother's the day.
You own the world's oldest, populated area.
You own the world's largest reserves of precious metals.
You are a black woman!
The beauty of art,
Is found inside of you.
The wisdom of our elders,
Is fabricated inside of you.
The stories of caravans, Savannah and the beginning of life, itself
Is forged inside of you.
You are a black woman!
Not a slave.
A queen and not a slave.
You are an epitome of beauty and not a slave.
A magic cracker and not a slave.
A flower of love, bounded with the leaves of hope and courage.
You are a black woman,
And not a slave.
You are a black woman!
You chain the world's best languages.
Arabic, English, Swahili, Hausa and French.
Same goes for Berber, Portuguese and Spanish.
You can go anywhere,
Even to Europe where you once ruled.
You are a black woman!
Fearless, yet welcoming.
You should be comfortable in your own skin instead of bleaching it!
You should be comfortable in your own clothes instead of burning it!
You should be comfortable bearing that indigenous name instead of changing it!
Because... You are a black woman!
The discovery of rich culture and traditions and norms
The disclosure of of true, natural beauty lays within you.
Your full lips, your wife nose
Your soft, coarse black hair can never be found on anyone else.
You're not just any wowan,
You are... A black woman!
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