With a blend of musical performances of songs such as Ewe’s song, ‘Blewu,’ Chief Moomen reminisced the past African story and its heritage. He told the story, in his poem, of how the desert and the Mediterranean on which the sons and daughters of Africa now ply to travel overseas and seek greener pastures was, once upon a time, a route through which the world traded with and on the continent of Africa. It was also on these deserts that empires like Mali and Songhai, and civilizations such as Egyptian and Nubian existed. I mean there is no better place to echo this beautiful history of Africa than at the launching of the largest single trade area in the world, the Africa-Free-Trade Zone.
In his poem, Chief Moomen believes a new Africa has emerged and there is no turning back.
Then, Nakeeyat elegantly came to paint the picture of the kind of Africa the children of the continent want to inherit. The Africa one needs not to escape to seek greener pastures elsewhere. An Africa that allows people to dream and achieve what they dream. A place our African forebears dreamt of.
Ewura The Poet capped the performance with a speech in a Nkrumah tone. He underscored the threats of neocolonialism to the African continent while quoting Nkrumah in the speech. Also, he highlighted how we can only rise to become an economic power by coming together as a continent with a common market. Then he declared that, with the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) implemented, the battle has just begun.
See the video of the event below:
The performance starts from 1:15:16
