AFRO-DISIAC

By Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Like kings

They carry their

Mother earth blackness

Diaspora darkness/Indigo darkness

Suede black skins/Purple dark skins

Coffee cultured/Caffeine coloured

Orange/yellow/gold skins

Cooked chocolate colours

Caramel crème colours

Canvas crafted colours

These men are

Aphrodisiacal Africa essences.

Like kings

They seduce

With their nectar sweet lips

Sugar plums shaped lips

Melanin coated eyes

And knotted Africa hair.

They carry the pride of

Sankofa/ Senghor/Selassie

Lumumba/ Kenyatta/ Nkrumah/

In their stance.

These men are

Aphrodisiacal Africa essences.

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Written Sunday 19th June 2005

posted 30 March 2006

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas, poet/author/artist and playwright, was born in Moscow, Russia and currently resides in Toronto, Canada.  She is the daughter of retired diplomats. By the time she was 19, she spoke French, English, Spanish, Danish, Luganda, some Russian and had lived in Russia, Uganda, France, Denmark, Cuba and Canada. She won the Miss Africanada beauty pageant 2000 in Toronto where she was also named ‘one of the new voices of Africa’ after reciting one of her poems. In 2004 she was published in T-Dot Griots-An Anthology of Toronto's Black storytellers and in February 2005 her art piece Namyenya was featured as the poster piece for the Human Rights through Art-Black History Month Exhibit. 

She is the recipient of numerous awards for her poetry, art, and playwriting and is becoming a household name in Toronto circles. She is a columnist for Bahiyah Woman Magazine and is also a fellow for the Crossing Borders-British Council Writers Programme. www.nteyafas.com