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Africa wake up
By Alagie Muhammed Jaiteh
The Spectrum Poet
It's high time we ended
The most bitter of all times
That washes away African child's dreams
The ethnic contestation
That buried...
Oga or Ogre?
By Sheriff Bojang
Today he's all Santa
Tomorrow, all Satan
Dancing,
On Ezekiel's field of dry bones
Today he is all black
Tomorrow, all white
Today he is all for peace
Tomorrow,...
Barrel of a pen
My pen is limping
Vomiting but no ink
The silence from a weapon
A weapon of truth or falsehood
The barrel of a pen
With salvos of silence sound
The...
Toils of marriage
Back and forth, she goes in and out
On her back, she kept her child tight
Its head popping up 'n' down as she strides
In her...
EF Small: The candlelight
About you many are silent
And on you all should look at, putting on their lenses
You are the candlelight
That our nation, you put through the...
I’m missing you
I'm unable to say
When last we saw
Enough to make my heart cry
For happiness has gone awry?
Off my feet and wiped from my slate
?Loneliness emerged...
On Bended Knees
By Sheriff Bojang
Hear me, mighty heavens
Winged spirits of the high above
I speak to my God, Most High
Who sent His Messenger
From atop a mountain sylvan
By...
I Am An African
I am an African
Not because I was born there
But because my heart beats with Africa's
I am an African
Not because my skin is black
But because...
I will tell you why I laugh
By Baba Galleh Jallow
Having told you why I cry
I will tell you why I laugh
Why my heart is full of joy
Why I smile...
Gambia Nice
Nice is not nice, sad is sad, brutal is brutal
Intimidation, insults, threats, beatings and arrest
Rape, torture, forced-disappearance and murder
Night so dark and impenetrable no...
Before I die…
By Jama Jack
Treat me right…
Make me feel it before others do
I'm going to die a digital death
News on the Internet even before my neighbour...
Musa Bah, Tha Scribbler
Anchor extraordinaire
Fatu Camara
I find her to be very unbiased
The criticism always leave her unfazed
A multitude of fans and critics, still unabashed
The image of her...