Landmines
Oh, Abolish!
Abolish you manufacturers
of the deadly landmines
I cry on the top of my voice
that mother Angola, mother Africa's
future leaders are maimed and amputated
day after day, like flies
by your deadly landmines
Oh abolish,
abolish landmines
Day and night the blood of
mother Africa's children
Flows and gurgles like the
water in Kunene river.
Oh abolish,
abolish mines
Alternatively, as farmers,
it's brought great fear and troubles
to cultivate on the soil of
Mother Angola, mother Africa
because of your mines
Oh abolish,
abolish mines
Millions of other people can no longer
use the soil of mother Africa
because of your mines and their twin brother
Unexploded ordnance
Oh abolish!
Abolish landmines!
About the author:
Timothy Mandei is a former head driver for MAG in Angola. He wrote this poem after witnessing two mine incidents, which resulted in a loss of life of one person as well as leaving another man as an amputee.
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