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The morning of your permanent sleep
Caught us unawaress, lest expected
We thought you had come to liberate
Silence the crying children
Orphaned by the dealdly war
That ravaged through the land
for decades unblinkingly
We heard your plane crashed in the African Soil
Which you had defended with your might
A new dwan was possible.
But death has it got no limits,
Why does it go for the fertile?
We asked wailed and sang dirges
Reminscing your deeds
And your brevity in the land of your fores
In the Nubian Mountains, you vowed
To make the young and old
See a new morn full of life ahead
For many moons, They knew no peace
They knew no smiles
They saw no need for them
After all, was life worth living?
They contemplated.
When you were made one among them
We sang a new anthem
We ulululated
Bringing the dead to life
We gyrated our hips
In your recognition
Yes! Even the toothless all sang.
They saw and touched,
Their Black Moses, giving his 'I Have A Dream' but never saw it
Then the ugly hand of death...
With its cruelity, snatched you
From their midst.
Are we going to reach Canaan?
They ask
I have no answer for them
They have it
We will wait and see
With just, Dr. Garang,
The people whom you left,
With the heavy task,
Will accomplish your dream
REST IN PEACE... De Mabior,
Son of AFRICA
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I am a researcher on educational issues especially in the rural areas, with much emphasis on girls' education.
As a trained journalist, I have a lot of concern with the handling of the education sub-sector in Kenya and take a critical role in viewing the reforms currently being conducted to integrate education structures for the sake of the youth in Kenya.
One major aspect, sadly, is that Kenya has been sovereign for over four decades but has been the only African country besides Somalia not to have made education compulsory, free and basic. For Somalia it can be understood - the country had been in civil strife since 1992- but for Kenya the politics of the day have played a negative role in reducing the promotion of education to a system sheer competition, instead of progressive
Apart from that, I write fictitious literature.
Currently I am working on prose on love and betrayal and a collection of poems.
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clarita zarate | Aug 15th, 2005
Very good.
Bravo david mbitu | Jun 24th, 2006
wow! this is great for a leader who really fought others right. We all respect Dr Garang because he was a great leader.
Great work Mr solomon It's a really inspirition to all sons of Africa.
very touchy Odimegwu Onwumere | Apr 8th, 2007
a touchy poem. nothing was left unturned.
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