I´m “Rattani” (1) I´m “Zurga” (2)
My name is Issac, Abbaker, Harun...
I know nothing about the “fous-ha” (3)
because I´m Rattani I´m Zurga.
Some Arabs call me “Abit”(4) because I´m black,
but I´m F R E E ! and Africa is my flag.I was born in a dark night, I´ve a dark face,
a black heart and a black hand, I´m a fighter for Justice,
I´m a life donor; I´m not arabic, I´m black and it´s an
H O N O R !Millions of our brothers, sisters and children are suffering from
ethnic cleansing and G E N O C I D E ! and others have already died
like rats. But someday we´ll recover our dignity and soon
we´ll go back to Darfur to our home land.Soon Sudan will be synonymous for Justice, Equality and freedom.
Then, I´ll write and sing songs of freedom and victory
in my mother tongue and a sudanese Zurga will be the “Rais”(5) of Sudan
like our brother Mandela in South Africa.
Then Sudan will not only be for “Jallaba”(6) but for all;
otherwise I´ll raise the flag of Justice and I´ll shout
FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!...(1) Rattani : Indigenous tribes like Zaghawa, Fur, Massalit...
(2) Zurga : Black
(3) fous-ha : Standard arabic language
(4) Abit : Slave
(5) Rais : President
(6) Jallaba : Slaves traders
By Bushara Ahmed Gumaa
President of Darfur´s Friends Association (DFA)
E-mail: darfurs_friends@yahoo.es
Madrid, June, 2004