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KHOISAN
Khoisan lived nakedly with skins of predators ,
their land was every stranger's home like a-
house of the dead,everyone wanted to own,
until clever silky blond came with a coin,
bribing the solution.
Immediately the war became a televised channel
slowly, brains became mesmerized infant
''did what they were told ,
destroyed what they've known''
ooh what a shame!
as a result,
their grandchildren don't know anything
although their bones are drawn from the skin
their land was every stranger's home like a-
house of the dead,everyone wanted to own,
until clever silky blond came with a coin,
bribing the solution.
Immediately the war became a televised channel
slowly, brains became mesmerized infant
''did what they were told ,
destroyed what they've known''
ooh what a shame!
as a result,
their grandchildren don't know anything
although their bones are drawn from the skin
Published 16th Aug 2019
| Edited 13th Jan 2020
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19th Aug 2019 7:14am
brilliant.. metaphorical piece,.. I can identify with the political climate...
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9th Apr 2020 11:45pm
Ngiyabona usususa uchuku
Ingabe uzoyimela yini lempi oyiqalayo
The first as they sometimes are known are one the most sidelined people of our shameful history in Africa
They are still being marginalized even to this day and they are not alone
We have the Maori in New Zealand
The Aboriginal people in Australia
Native Americans in the United States of America
The many indigenous tribes living deep in the Amazon
Many other indigenous people around the world that I am not even aware of who the western countries sideline
I even heard that there was a law in South Africa's shameful history that allowed the hunting of Khoisan people
As you know our history has been distorted and is told from the side of the victor not the conquered
African proverb: “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
Ingabe uzoyimela yini lempi oyiqalayo
The first as they sometimes are known are one the most sidelined people of our shameful history in Africa
They are still being marginalized even to this day and they are not alone
We have the Maori in New Zealand
The Aboriginal people in Australia
Native Americans in the United States of America
The many indigenous tribes living deep in the Amazon
Many other indigenous people around the world that I am not even aware of who the western countries sideline
I even heard that there was a law in South Africa's shameful history that allowed the hunting of Khoisan people
As you know our history has been distorted and is told from the side of the victor not the conquered
African proverb: “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
