GUEST WRITER DR BENEDICTO WOKOMAATANI MALUNGA THE AFRICAN ANTHEM Empowered with sound principles Diligently developed  In Africa by Africans Justified by deep passions And profound notions Revealed to us  Enthusiastically  By our deep thinkers I take a cherished  Solemn vow  Like a priest Before my admirable  Great African leaders To declare   To the  watching  world That I shall tell  A catchy rainbow tale Of the mesmerizing  majesty  Of my beloved continent Africa With appreciation Good will and intention So that the greatness  Of my lovely people May speedily and Spontaneously spread far. I shall creatively  Weave the true story Of my proud  And industrious  Compatriots With my bright  And enlightened peers So that our  Deserved pride  And dignity Eroded by misleading  And vicious distortions Of our so called Despicable bleeding  And painful past Carried by narratives Of spiteful strangers Are left to perpetually rot And quickly disappear Into the dustbin  Of forgetfulness. I shal