Speak African child, speak. for you poses a mouth that heals nations. It is in thine voice in the vibrations of thy mouth that remedies are provided to our ailments.
speak African child, speak. speak against the calamities that befall your land. speak against that hand that he dare raises against your bare skin. speak against the blood of your brothers spilled to please others.
Speak for Africa that is one and united, Africa that does not know of any racial divides. Africa that knows no skin colour. speak African child speak. for you are the voice of liberation. speak for your voice are the echoes of our ancestors.
child labour, human trafficking, child pornography, school violence, femicides, suicides. and you say you see this not. African child where is your voice in all of this. doesn't that skin, that accent and nappy hair mark you as of African descent.
Speak African child speak for you bare the answers to our questions, you bare the sole of our history.