Contain your rage:

The feral musings of an African male.

Category: Poetry

Synopsis:
A collection of poems that tell a story of the African experience. It touches on the misery and desperation many Africans might hate to admit. The poems start with a quick revision of the black struggle, but quickly darkens as the chapters progress. Soon, all that’s left is madness and rage—which is then contained.

Table of contents:

  1. The precursor
    • – Marimba’s lore
  2. Ancestral link
    • – As Fred Hampton sleeps
    • – On Malcom’s side
    • – As Martin Luther marched
    • – Fela’s cage
  3. Disdain for the African
    • – Against the blacks
    • – They all have something to say
    • – Chameleons know better
    • – You can’t copy soul
    • – United by hate
    • – Unwelcome
    • – Media war
    • – Rod fetish
    • – Insufferable imps
  4. Yurugu
    • – Yurugu’s claw
    • – What is our crime
    • – Do not fear their malevolence
    • – Scavengers turn ravagers
    • – They shall not be named
    • – Why bring it to you
  5. An inhumane project
    • – Colonial content
    • – To steal a victory
    • – The poverty of Africa
    • – Detached from your resources
    • – The despair of Africa
    • – Worse than death
    • – How dare you smile and wave
  6. An attack on the mind
    • – Make it forget
    • – Corrupt him
    • – Shave it
    • – Educated by enemies
    • – Hide it in a book
  1. A broken Horse
    • – Enemy worship
    • – Hate your neighbour as you hate yourself
    • – No respect
    • – The enemy has been absolved
    • – Colonial worship
    • – Mercy reserved for the rich
    • – Burn the shrine
    • – Kill a Nigger
    • – Trained for suicide
    • – Dancing in a pot
  2. To heal a Horse
    • – Sorry wig
    • – Traitors
    • – Draw your sword
    • – If it describes you
    • – The Ratel
  3. Broken States
    • – Giant my foot
    • – You kicked them out
    • – Appethied
    • – Why they hate malema
    • – We are Arabs
    • – From many people
    • – Fuck boy anthem (FBA)
    • – The fallacy of reconciliation
  4. Madness and reciprocation
    • – Integrate this dick
    • – Kill our enemies
    • – Protect the people
    • – Black rage
    • – We would have slept
  5. A resolution
    • – Contain your rage