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FAKO SUMMIT OF HOPE

By Mola Fritz Ngale Ilongo

Fiery crown of the Kpes
Guarding refugees on exile from lands ancestral
Brooding brow wreathed with cloud waves high and low of tide
Mirror reflecting flitting emotions experienced below awesome giant.
From sources mysterious, rivers and fountains red molten
Are belched suddenly
The invincible floods preceded by shivers earth-shaking

Prelude to gigantic vomits
Coughing out earth's bowels devouring
Terror of generations
Never committing the error of annihilating species menaced by extinction
Seeking protection grace within arms colossal.
Solid flanks of forest green repel invasion onslaughts
Petering out into savannah lush
Dancing brushes waving gaily in soft breezes without caprice

The Writings of Mola Moleke Mo Njie

Mola Moleke Mo Njie is a Bakweri man with stunning literary skills resident in the Republic of Poland. Thanks to the internet, we have been blessed and honoured to share in his gifts. Culture is not just about the past. It is an evolving category. In fact, literary activity reaches into the future and arrives there long before science and philosophy. This Mola is surely our most important emissary to the future.

One of the consequences of the colonial conquest is that our culture got frozen in the past, as our children adopted the colonizing culture. It stopped adapting, and learning and became like a secret habit of which we were ashamed. We have to take some bold steps to make our culture relevant for the present and into the future.

Click here to have a foretaste of Mola Moleke Njie's work, because there is a lot more coming. Those who are inspired to do painting and other fine arts are going to discover the imagery and the aspiring spirit of the ancestors in these works.