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Onitsha/Darfur 2006
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Call my heart


What you like


But do not turn it


Into a snake


Let it speak


Of its pain


But do not turn it


Into a prison


Don't cut off


Your own hand


With the sword


Of your tongue


Set aflame


By despair


For the knife stuck in your heart


Is not your heart


But a knife


That turns your pain


Against yourself


Your brother died


And his blood


Stains your hand


What is death?


What is pain?


What is poverty?


What is richness?


Who


Is the enemy?


Your are blood of my blood


You are soul of my soul


Light or dark--


Colour


Of my colour


And even your hand


That is raised


Against me


Who is you


Yes, yourself


Is a torch


In this night


And a perverted hope


And a message:


 


Africa


North and South


United


Is Africa


North and South


Free


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 Reviews of "Onitsha/Darfur 2006"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on March 16, 2006
Such a powerful and soul-reaching message, Mahdi. Thank you. Love, peace, and strength to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Aberjhani
Reviewed on March 8, 2006
As much love as artistry and wisdom in this exceptional write. Oh that those who most need to might embrace these lines with their minds, hearts, and souls until the possibility they communicate becomes a reality to be celebrated.

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen
Reviewed on March 8, 2006
The mood of all mornings, anymore, echoes with your words, Muhammad A. Al Mahdi. You've pounded out a litany which can be applied to what seems like eternity, on this earth...

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen


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