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9 Straddling the Mungo Afritude A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude, It jumps onto its prey.3 Me, I don’t need to shout In order to prove my Afritude I am an African! A tiger does not roar in order to prove its tigerishness. Me, I don’t have to ululate in order To manifest my Afritude. I am certainly an African! Black and proud! A tiger who proclaims its tigritude Is a fake tiger. I don’t have to negotiate my Africanness. I am completely African. A lion roars In order remind everyone That he is king of the jungle. I don’t have to beat about the bush In order to show that I am African. Undoubtedly, I am African! Son of the soil! An elephant does not roar To prove that he is the djintété of the kingdom. I don’t have to groan To lend credence to my Afritude, I am African! A dog barks to vent its anger I don’t have to bark in a bid To underscore my Africanness. I am African! Even the blind would testify. 3 Statement attributed to Nigerian Nobel Prize Laureate, Wole Soyinka, reputed for having said: ‘‘A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude, its jumps on its preys.’’ In his essay ‘‘Reparation, Truth and Reconciliation’’ (cf. The Burde of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness, 1999). ...

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