Pɔyt
S.A.C.
print 1888
Initials only, as most Freetown newspaper poets signed in the 1880s. The poem answered those who looked down on Black Sierra Leoneans with pride.
Usay wi fɛn am ↗Ɔda pɔym dɛn
Wi dɔn fɛn sɔm lay nɔmɔ. Na dɛn ya; wi go print di ɔl pɔym wɛn wi fɛn am. Yu go ɛp wi fɛn di res?
“That Negroes we are”
Sierra Leone Weekly News, 17 November 1888
That Negroes we are, we are proud to maintain Ashamed of complexion! unless if insane… […]
Wi de fɛn amDi ɔl pɔym de na di Sierra Leone Weekly News, 17 November 1888. Yu gɛt kɔpi? Tɔk to wi →