The real ‘kaffir’ in South Africa — Musa A. Fago

In Arabic Language, kaffir means unbelievers
One whose minutest actions goes beyond the laws of God
so, why all the suppressions and segregation.

The white man came to Africa to
Trade, administer, divide,
And to rob, and to be rude to us,
Taking us like their ass.

Where in the Bible did God
the Almighty Allah, the Nkulunkulu
say that man’s colour should be a ticket
or a licence to enjoy the earth-find the clue

Is it the same God the black and whites
use in South Africa,
The land of separate schools, hospitals,
churches, hotels, buses and park?

The kaffir is he who
segregate, detain, kill the innocent
exile the good doers
so as to steal their goods.

The Kaffir is he who
tortures, pays less to a job well done
create laws to suit his purposes
Could we still have some symphasies?

Apartheid, has many faces as has ironies
for the blacks, the coloureds and whites
or have the whites no means to create their own air.

Musa A. Fago

EDITOR’S NOTE

Originally published in Citizen on 17 Feb 1992, p. 40. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived page.

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