I reflect and dream of you, Africa, and hope to see Peace, Equality, and Freedom work for you and for all…

…and to travel through many African countryside, to smell coffee grown in a valley in an Ethiopian village, to dance with the Masai and roar boldly with Serengeti Lions when they call the sunrise. I admire the sunset and smiling familiar faces; to ride Ostriches and race Cheetahs; to sit with children when our routine moonlight tales are told, to hear the Zambian Hyena howl at night. I’ll see young Igbo men wrestle in a sheer display of beautiful African culture in my hometown, swim through the white waters of Oko’pia, and watch Africa’s potential harnessed properly by leaders.

…to listen when elders speak as they share their wisdom, and prayers, to love, for love is central to human existence and to this evening’s reflection. Love brings peace, grants equality, and freedom. Love is blind to my skin color and lets me dine with all men irrespective of religion, creed, tribe, nation, and economic or political interests.

Finally, while I end this reflection, and if I do marry, I’ll hold my child high as Simba was held. She will see her people’s wealth of land and life. She will learn her African values, speak her father’s languages, learn to wear her beads, braid her hair, and love all humankind, dark or fair, living in valleys or hills or in towns or hamlets, or where it shines, snows, or rains.

Good night.

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