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POEM - I am Namibian

2023-11-01  Correspondent

POEM - I am Namibian

I speak Afrikaans 

The Bantu blood runs through my veins 

She is my mother, I burst from her seams 

I carry the blood of the ancestors in me 

I breathe in their bravery. 

I am Namibian 

I feel the pain of every soul ever lost, 

Their struggle made me who I am 

I am a child of the soil 

Moulded from the mountains of 

the Khomas Hochland 

I am Namibian 

The tongue I speak does not define me 

My heartbeat synchronises with the waves of the Atlantic 

I represent every people 

Look into my eyes, you’ll see I am them 

I am Namibian 

Damara, Aawambo, these are my roots 

My traditions are in the way I carry myself. 

I am a proud child of the Land of the Brave 

My antennae are grounded in this space 

I am Namibian 

Melanin poured into me by those who surround me 

We are connected 

Harmony and peace spread by the glance of a smile 

I am Namibian 

I will be till the day my vessel gives back to Namibia what she gave to me 

Euphoria, from the day I learnt her anthem 


2023-11-01  Correspondent

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