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There Was A Meeting In Heaven Last Night

Posted by Jeneba Project on Saturday, April 18, 2015, In : Poems 

There Was A Meeting in Heaven Last Night
By Joseph Kaifala


Hear ye, Hear ye!
Did the town crier not pass through your town tonight?
There was a meeting in Heaven last night
What meeting do you speak of, Eyes of the Dead?
Chief Albert Luthuli was there
I said what meeting do you speak of, Messenger of our Ancestors!
Oliver Tambo was in attendance and he sat with Mandela
Chris Hani was there, too, and he sat at the feet of Old Luthuli
Ruth First and Joe Slovo were there!
Then the child...


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