By Kemet Mawakana
The Seven Foot Poet reflects on what we think of as manhood, how "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" and what we imagine it means to "man up."
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Make Believe
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No Market
African Manhood
Reduced Restricted Repressed Oppressed
Put On Shiny European Styled Suits
Resume Requests
Auction Blocks
Pick Thee
Please
To Eat Today
Costs
Stomping Own Seeds
No Way Not Never
Manhood Fatherhood Tragic
Cry
Tears Justified
Necessary
Until Act Action And Ax
Swing Swing Swing
So Giant Falls
And Everyone Lived Happily African Ever After.
By Kemet Mawakana (aka The Seven-Foot Poet)
Peace (when appropriate) War (when necessary)
Copyright 2009.
Kemet Mawakana (aka “The Seven-Foot Poet”) is a highly acclaimed spoken-word artist, and has published two books A . . . Z . . . Infinity and Crucifixion of My Soul . The collective body of his works presented in www.blackagendareport.com are in tribute to Listervelt Middleton, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, and “For The People”. Currently, he is a facilitator at AYA Educational Institute ( www.ayaed.com ) in Atlanta, Georgia and can be reached at sevenfootpoet@gmail.com
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