By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, Lulai 23, 2020
KUPONUI
He ʻōpala momona wau, e ala ana mai nā hoʻomanaʻo poʻomanaʻo a ka umauma a me nā mea pohihihi o ka animism
Na Kumaku aku
Uwuhi au ka lana
Hoʻopaʻa wau i ka meli o ka waiwai
Mea hana; manaʻo tank i Africa
ʻO au ka hulahula ʻana me ʻoe o ka hula tangimbizi
ʻO wau ʻo Tanganyika
ʻŪhā wau a me ka fester me ka uahi o nā genenesia o ʻAmelika
ʻO wau ke hoʻomaka
Kilimanjaro; ka mōʻī o nā hoʻomana
ʻO wau kahi ʻoniʻou o ʻAmelika
Hoʻopau kaʻu glee i ka hoʻopunipuni o ke kaumaha
kuʻu niho kīlū ʻana
ʻO wau nō wau, ʻo wau ʻo Gambia
A holo ka poʻe ʻē me nā pōkē e hoʻopili ana i ko lākou ʻōpū
Hoʻomau wau i nā puna keleawe mai koʻu waha i kēlā kakahiaka i kēia kakahiaka
ʻO wau ʻo Colombia o ʻApelila
ʻO wau ʻo Cinderella o ʻApelika
Ma kahi e hoʻolāleʻa ai nā mea kuʻuna me ka lewa o Kamuzu i nā kumulāʻau ʻo Mulange
Eia ua hele wāwae nei ʻōuli ʻole ʻole
ʻO wau kahi ʻāina nānā
ʻO wau ka ʻāina o ka hopena
Hāʻawi ka huluhulu forex
Mania mania
ʻOno wale wau i ka ʻala o ka hanu o Nehanda
ʻO wau ʻo Renaissance o Aferika
Ua ʻoki wau i ka wai o Chimurenga
ʻO wau ke ʻakaʻaka leo o nā puʻu Njelele
ʻO wau ʻo Soweto
Hāpai ʻia e Kwaito me ka gong
He makahiki wau i ka hewa a me ka gong
ʻO wau ka ʻeha a ke kuokoa mai ka ʻōpū o ka apartheid
ʻIke wau i ka pili ʻana o ka lā e kū mai ana i ka maka o Madiba
ʻO wau ʻo Abuja
Hoʻopuka i ke kapu o ka palaina
ʻO Nigeria, ʻo Ierusalema ka mea hoʻohanohano, nā kāhuna, nā mea aʻoaʻo a me nā kāula
No wau ʻo Guinea, ua ʻae wau me ka floridirization o ʻAmelika
Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia wau me nā ʻōlelo he nui i koʻu mau wāwae ʻauʻau e ka muliwai ʻo Nile
Owau no ke kia ole o na makeke
ʻO wau ka pilalā o Nefertiti
ʻO wau ka umauma momona o Nzinga
ʻO wau ʻo Switzerland o ʻAmelika
ʻO ka lika o Kalahari ka lā
ke kūikela o Sahara, yapiki, yelping
Owau no o Damara, Owau no Herero, Owau no Nama, ua lozi wau, a o Vambo wau
He ʻeha wau, he mea ʻoluʻolu wau
ʻO wau ʻo Liberia
ʻO wau ke aliʻi kongo
Ua hoʻoli ʻo Mobutu i nā mea kila i loko o ka ʻeke o nā polikula
Kālei mau kaikamahine i nā mikowa kīwī
Uhai ʻia nā ʻuhane e ka pepehi ʻana a Ndombolo a me ka makani o Rhumba
ʻO wau ʻo Paris o ʻApelika
Ke ʻike nei au i koʻu mau hōʻeha
ʻO wau i ke mele o ka nani
ʻO wau ʻo Kongo
ʻO wau ʻo Bantu
ʻO wau ʻo Jola
ʻO wau ʻo Mandinga
Naʻu nō ʻoe
E hīmeni ana au iā Thixo
Mele au iā Ogun
E hīmeni ana au i ke Akua
Mele au iā Tshaka mele wau iā Iesū
He mele au i nā keiki
o Garangaja a me Banyamulenge
E pale ana ka lā ma ka ʻilihā o ka hune
Owau no ka uhane o Mombasa
ʻO wau ka wahine o Nyanza
He ʻulaʻula ulaula au o Mandingo
He leʻaleʻa wau i nā lehelehe ʻo Buganda
Hele mai Sankara, hele mai Wagadugu
No au nō ʻo Msiri o ke aupuni Garangadze
puʻuwai koʻu naʻau ma lalo o ke ʻano o ka huaʻōlelo a me ka hula
Ua make wau i ka lāʻau me ka makani ʻana i ka makani.
ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻoki ʻia e ka moʻomeheu.
ʻAʻole wau ʻo Kaffir, ʻaʻole wau ʻo Khoisan
ʻO wau ka lā e haki ana mai nā kauhale o ka hikina a me nā mea kuhi nui i kipi
kona mau manamana lima e pili ana i ka pua o nā pua
ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu!
