When the first sun rose
It found us awake and awaiting
Long before others came to these hills
Our footsteps shaped the landscape
Tamed the buffalo and the gemsbok
We rode the wind
We silenced the hurricane
Yes, look at us
We have been here before.
Don Mattera
South African poet and author
Founding member of the Black Consciousness movement
Read his autobiography: "Memory is the weapon", Ravan Press, 1987
It found us awake and awaiting
Long before others came to these hills
Our footsteps shaped the landscape
Tamed the buffalo and the gemsbok
We rode the wind
We silenced the hurricane
Yes, look at us
We have been here before.
Don Mattera
South African poet and author
Founding member of the Black Consciousness movement
Read his autobiography: "Memory is the weapon", Ravan Press, 1987
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