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| Yusuf M. Adamu |
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Chapter #: 3
Updated On: 14 September 2005 - Words Count: 138 - Number of Reads: 626 |
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They Can Speak English
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(After Reading Dollar Brand's Western Influence)
red-eared men
together brought us
to live as nations
their language
to us they introduced
with it we communicate officially
later we even think in it
mother tongues second classed
stereotyped
back benched
if you speak english
you are civilized
praised, recognized
and respected
but in england
my pronouciation they bother not
my grammer they care not
if only they could understand me
i communicated well
but why should a black-eared red-ear one
be so proud to speak english
even at the expense of mother tongue
be proud not because you speak english
be proud only if in your mother tongue
be it hausa ashante or berber
swahili masai or kwa zulu
sango ashante or arabic
you can think and
express your thought
July 23, 1999 |
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