Cry African Girl (New Tribal Dawn)


	Cry African Girl by Handsen Chikowore Up in the azure sky Shoots the sun’s rays Rises to meet another day Another promise To me its not yet any hope As each day brings more problems Which trouble a thirteen year old girl Setting alight fire early morning Sweeping the sheets of dust and dirt early morning A beast of burden for firewood so I am bound All those long distances I have to walk A throbbing ever throbbing pain to my foot With the baby clinging on my yonder back The thorn infested forests The meandering long walks to boreholes and wells The back breaking dreary buckets full of water Its so tiresome my body sweats Its so punishing my body cannot endure All African girls Cry for your rights The rape, torture and victimisation Our life an eerie furnace of denied paradise A sad song of denied education I am so weary, Oh weary, So weary A breath for fresh air cometh not Don’t fall African girls Up and fight Yearn for another life Another era. ©2000 Handsen Chikowore.	ABOUT THE AUTHOR Handsen Chikowore is a resident of suburban Harare, Zimbabwe, and a member of the Methodist Church. Fourth-born to a family whose parents are now deceased, he is 23 and unmarried. As the family's current breadwinner, he writes articles and poetry in part to supplement his income.
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