didierleclair: SO LONG, BARAKA. (1934-2014) Ka'Ba “A closed window looks downon a dirty courty
didierleclair: SO LONG, BARAKA. (1934-2014) Ka'Ba “A closed window looks downon a dirty courtyard, and Black peoplecall across or scream across or walk acrossdefying physics in the stream of their will. Our world is full of soundOur world is more lovely than anyone’stho we suffer, and kill each otherand sometimes fail to walk the air. We are beautiful peopleWith African imaginationsfull of masks and dances and swelling chantswith African eyes, and noses, and armstho we sprawl in gray chains in a placefull of winters, when what we want is sun. We have been captured,and we labor to make our getaway, intothe ancient image; into a new Correspondence with ourselvesand our Black family. We need magicnow we need the spells, to raise upreturn, destroy,and create. What will be the sacred word? AMIRI BARAKA -- source link