POEMS

All men on earth were good, had the same opportunities, succeeded in the same endeavors. Why did they become different? I'm going to explain to you the origin of the qualities in...

The black man, you the colored man Why so many horrors Committed by the white man Always greedy, degrading You the black man, great hunter He took you all, for your misfortune What are you. ..

"Nigger" I am a black in my entrails I want to transcend the walls Which still prevent the light From blooming on the whole earth II Yes, I am a black in my...

Out of the disgraceful silence of oblivion, my chivalrous pen begins to vibrate again, in this new flight into a land of words and symbols. Without erasures or pretense, I wish...

In the shadow of the wrought irons To my brother Worthy and Just In the shadow of the wrought irons of Scheveningen A new year begins It is cold on dark days These nights...

Under the title of Prayer to the Ancestors, Gabriel Mwènè Okoundji offers several collections of poetry on quite related themes but written at times and sometimes in places...

You bear foreign names, first names of slaves, You speak foreign languages, moving away from your maternal axis, from your cultural bosom, You exalt foreign religions, moving away from your...