African Slavery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBBC CCDE FFGG HIJJ CKLL MMNO PPQC RRSS TTUU CCCC VPWN| Atlantic slave trade | A |
| Sub saharan slave trade | A |
| Indian ocean slave trade | A |
| All were human trade | A |
| - | |
| African slavery | B |
| Indigenous slavery | B |
| Export slavery | B |
| All was is inhumanly | C |
| - | |
| Oh poor man taken from his family | C |
| Oh poor woman taken from her family | C |
| To a land you never dreamed | D |
| Your name forcefully changed | E |
| - | |
| Your pains were not noticed | F |
| Your cries were not noticed | F |
| Tears of blood | G |
| But no fear for the blood | G |
| - | |
| All you ate was garbage | H |
| You home was just the cage | I |
| But you fought till the end | J |
| And you won at the end | J |
| - | |
| Painful mark on your body | C |
| To claim ownership of you | K |
| Oh what a painful experience | L |
| With a clear negligence | L |
| - | |
| They were brave | M |
| Even to their grave | M |
| They were called slaves | N |
| But they were never enslaved | O |
| - | |
| My fathers referred to as cargo | P |
| Labourers of cocoa | P |
| My ancestors were brutally killed | Q |
| But they showed bravely | C |
| - | |
| Some died instead | R |
| Some drowned instead | R |
| My father's name | S |
| Is my name | S |
| - | |
| You declared freedom | T |
| Then introduced racism | T |
| Are we going backward | U |
| Are we going forward | U |
| - | |
| My name is not for sell | C |
| I'm ready to go to jail | C |
| My father's name will not fall | C |
| It will always stand tall | C |
| - | |
| I am Uchenna | V |
| The Son of Okereke | P |
| Grandson of Nwankwo | W |
| Great grandson of Eze | N |
Christopher Okereke
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Poet's note: This is dedicated to my forefathers who suffered during slavery. It was a difficult time for them, yet they did not give up their identity. This poem means a lot to me because in it I saw what I couldn't see, and I felt what I couldn't feel.
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