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The Niger flows its beaten course embracing contents of the land in its path a great work made a majestic deed done by one hand endowed within your peaceful ripples you keep the stories yet untold below your depth placed there by time lie tales of men great and bold give up give up your treasured secrets you've guarded them like a loyal warden the sons of Afric's ancient past are tortured by their hidden past bring back O Niger those glorious days crowned with peace and serenity return O Niger the ancient ways free from strange cultures their calamities resurrect the past resolve the doubt why hesitate you like undecided virgins ah yet even yet much of your vital spirit remains and like a beacon light guides Afric's wandering sons O partners of a day gone by the sight of your unforgetable shore depicts silent traces of the past and tells of majesty yet undiscovered a violent wind survives not the morning and night always disappears into day speak speak Muntu speak now or silence your tongue forever. |
Khasu, Kona. “Muntu.” The Seeds of Time: A Collection of Poems. Mimeographed typescript. Monrovia, 1971. 13–14.
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| 4 | a mafestic deed done by on hand | a majestic deed done by one hand |
| 26 | bring back o Niger those glorious days | bring back O Niger those glorious days |
| 26 | much of your vital spirit remain | much of your vital spirit remains |
