The inert wealth imbedded in my soil -
Leave it to me to carve in my own way!

You cannot undo history.

Yet if historys injustices permeate and distort the present, it is only fair to draw them to the worlds attention.

Ambassador Aaron Maboyi has framed in vivid poetical terms his lament for Southern Africa, his distress at the blood spilt in order to gain freedom from white colonisers (hawks with pink eyes), and his grief at the continued exploitation of its enviable resources and neglected people. He uses well-loved landmarks and famous names from the past to underscore the...