by Coumba Toure
I am Africa
A woman in a forced marriage
Demanding divorce
Fed up with being raped, exploited
I am standing angry
Through the vibrancy of my youth
Stone in hand
Hunger in the belly
Fire at the mouth
My heart defying death on land and in the seas
And, in my dreams, the unreasonable desire to be the best and to be happy
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