Set her free and never again enslave her.
She from Africa Where the great tribe of Edo dwells
A place green and warm
The monarchy of great imperial kings and warriors
The land of the famous Benin bronze casters and Africa arts treasures
Were it inhabitant dances and sings in praise of their Heavenly creator
Were dancing girls sings full of their youth
Were children plays under mingled moonlight?
In addition, a bonfire shone
That is her land, the land of her ancestors, the inspiration of her childhood.
Set her free and never again enslave her
She is a heavenly princess
The bosom child of Edo imperial warrior kings
The daughter of the mountains of the moon
Blow with love breezes of the night
Her voice carries winds, to the valley and howl
Through the crags and the plains
Her laughter is lightning
Her tears are torrential equatorial rains
She the goddess who leads the water from the source of the rivers to Edoland
The source of the western sun that shine on Edoland
Her hair is oily and extravagantly perfumed
She is the divine concubine and dancer of the gods of the forest
She is weak but brave
Her skill is ebony black but very beautiful
She is the symbol of Africa and black womanhood
The root of all humankind's.
Set her free. In addition, never again enslave her
For the spirits of her ancestor’s walkout;
From the silver of the river
From the deep sea
From the dark night
From the depths night of the forest
From the caves of the departed
From the valleys of the dead
From the plains of the ancestral shrines
In addition, flash they in the bodies of their oppress daughter
When they feel the anguished of her cry for freedom
The crush of her broken bones
Her battered and bloodied body
Her swollen eye ball
Her bleeding womanhood
The pains of her brutality
The weight of her humiliation
The debris of her oppression
The heaviness of her broken heart
From far away......
Set her free and never again enslave her
So says the great angels of the omnipotent God
For she is a heaven princess.
The spirit of mother Africa, the mother earth
Weeps heavily for her enslaved oppressed daughter
Set her free and never again enslave her.
©copyright Osamede Osunde
Mr Osunde is the founder of edoworld.net, a Human Right Advocate and Anti Sex-Slave Activist
