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Mainstream, VOL LVI No 33 New Delhi August 4, 2018
You are the Strength
Tuesday 7 August 2018
#socialtagsYou are just number 466/64 to them
sweeping dusty paths,
tilling and raking the soil of that island.
But you are the strength,
the determination
that flows through the veins of your children
fighting for you,
you and all those numbers.
Yes, with your spade firmly in your hand
till and rake the soil, Mandela,
like your brothers, sisters, sons
and daughters
who toil and sweat for Africa
She is ours
we too shall know no rest
till she comes back to us.
Ilva Mackay