laeti diapo (for my people)
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Poem and presentation by Laetitia Dossou
FOR MY PEOPLE
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For my people from the sand dunes of the
Sahara to the Cape of Good Hope;
For my people from the coast of Senegal to the
Horn of Africa;
For my people who were enslaved for
centuries;
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For my people who toiled under the
scorching sun;For my people whose knees were humbly
bent;For my people whose feet are
cracked and hands rough;
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For my people who endured
cruelty;
For my people who paraded
naked with whip marks on their
bodies;
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For the women who bore the fruits of their wombs in
darkness;For the men
shackled and tied down as the
phantom of our past mocked us;For the boys and girls who were denied life and died brutally;
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For my people who were deceived;For my people trying to create
their own dreams;For my people
suffering to find themselves in this
harsh world;
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For my brothers and sisters of generations past, present, and
future;For my people so close to their
dreams yet so far away;
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May we rise!May a new page be
turned in our history!
May we stand united
and may our generation be a peaceful, forgiving
one!May this
resound in our ears!
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This is for my
people.
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