AFRICAN PERIOD

JUST AFRICAN

 

Being an African has been said in so many ways that we decide to just go with the flow.

They said being an African you need to own your crown “the Afro”

Dress code has to define you as an African.

Embody yourself, have that skin, beauty, looks and the body.

 

Being the dark skinned girl, I saw that as an opportunity to finally be called an African

I then decided to do the big chop

L.A girl, a shade darker

African prints, beads, brands was all I could think off

I inherited that look to perfection

 I felt like the queen of the Sahara desert , mama Africa, the camagwini of Africa, African goddess just to name a few

Eyes popped out every second as I stepped my standards on the African ground

Embracing the fact that I defined the true meaning of an African.

Smiling, staring shouting oh our African queen, you are a true definition of black is beautiful.

You are too much of an African NEH

Too much, too much of an African was not the feedback I expected

 

So I decided to loosen up a bit

8 inches of Brazilian hair

Got my nails did

My eyebrows were on fleek

I even changed my accent from but to but

Robots to traffic lights

Champagne darling was all I ordered,

I was thee slay queen, the girl

Someone then approached saying I kind of look like an African

My response was I am African and he said but you don’t sound like one

So I said you want me to be talking like this to show you that I am from Africa or what

 

Wow I kind of looked like an African slay queen

You see the problem is I don’t want to be too much of an African nor

Kinda looked like an African queen

I just wanted to be called an African

I then realized that

African equals identity

African equals culture

African equals history

African equals being unique

African equals being proud

African equals respect

 

So whether I decide to rock up with an afro or a Brazilian hair

I’m not too much or kinda look like an African

I am an African period.

                                                                                                            NOMSA MYTH


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