Thoughts of an African Girl

By Christabel Francis-Nweke

Through trials and tribulations; through the journey of culture, mental health, the power of self love, and revolutionary movements; Thoughts of an African Girl is an emotional collection of spoken word p

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christabel Francis - Nweke
• Release date: Mar 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781778137112

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Christabel Francis-Nweke

Thoughts of an African Girl

Spoken Word Poems

Copyright © 2022 by Christabel Francis-Nweke

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For everyone who helped me

believe in my dreams and turn them into reality

For the broken & misfits of the world

Contents

I. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Before

I. The Becoming

Reflection

Boots Girl

Hand Cramps

Nightmare

Time Machine

II. To Find Love You Must First Look Within

Hopeless Fairy Tales

Illusions

Happily, Ever After

Kulture

Cracked Melanin

Little Black Girl

Star

III. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Revolution

The Rally Cry

A Cry For Peace

The Uprising

Dear Black Men

Clarity

Camouflage

I Am a Woman

After

About the Author

I

Acknowledgment

To my readers, interpreters, and audience:

As the author of Thoughts of an African Girl, it is my intention to trust the free instinct of readers and interpreters in understanding the need for a brief pause after each line where gravity and conviction of the thought and feelings lie to mean quiet or silence for them to reach the minds and hearts of readers, interpreters, and audience alike.

Before

Head held high

Shoulders up

Oscar-winning performance

Can they see

the scars and blood stains

Do they know

the masked smiles

the brokenness…

the truth?

I. The Becoming

Reflection

They say the mirror is a reflection,

It reflects everything you are -

Your flaws, your weaknesses, even your strong points

So why is it when I look in the mirror,

I barely recognize myself,

I see a girl in the mirror who looks so strange

Her eyes no longer reflect hope

She seems to be dying slowly…

Just going through the motions,

Losing herself in all the madness

She’s always been a survivor,

Fighting for what is right

Pushing through it,

But she seems to have forgotten how to fight

Tell me,

How many times can you go through something,

before you finally break?