While browsing through my aunt's bookshelf, I stumbled upon an amazing book titled "Garvey's Children: the Legacy of Marcus Garvey". The book discusses not only Garvey's life, but his heirs, including Malcolm X, Bob Marley, Nkrumah, Peter Tosh, Louis Farrakhan, and Burning Spear among others. In the book I found this powerful poem by Mutabaruka, a Jamaican dub poet...
"Weh Mi Belang?" by Mutabaruka
negro
nigga
West indian?
den a which country I belang?
chinese - China
indian - India
european - Europe
negro?
nigga?
West indian?
den a which country i belang
negro black
but negroland no
nigga - stupid
but stupidland no
west yes
but i nuh indian
den a which country i belang?
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