Africa Poem by Itsoghole O Solomon

O beautiful woman, Africa,
Admirable woman of the tropic,
O lustre of the earth bathed with sunlight,
Today and ever
I bask in your warm delightful bosom!

Black woman, fine nature's artwork
From primeval antiquity;
Well-endowed ‘scape, heaved backside
Sitting on a vast plateau
Washed from all sides by
Lakes, seas and oceans!

Black beauty, enrobed in lush greenery,
Crowned with the star;
Round her neck and waist line
Adorned with precious coral,
Gold, pearl, diamond and sapphire!

Oko mi, whose fecundity
Has flourished the earth with life
Where faunae find their natural home
And hominids take their root!

O Mami, let your soil be where
I spring up
And my remains form your dust
On which aliens would ever tramp
To behold your charm!