NEGRITUDO E ISLAMIZZAZIONE
di Yusuf Kuwa, SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army)
Brothers, with thousands of my apologies forgive me, forgive me for my frankness and my courage.
Let me tell you: despite all the talk about my Arabism, my religion and my culture, I am a Nuba.
I am Black. I am an African. Africaness is my identity.
It is entrenched in my appearance, it is engraved in my lips and manifested by my skin.
My Africaness is in the sound of my footsteps, it is in my bewildered past, and in the depths of my laughter.
Brothers, forgive me for my frankness and courage, despite my grandfather's humiliation, despite my grandmother's sale into slavery, despite my ignorance, my backwardness and my naivety, my tomorrow will come. I shall crown my dignity with knowledge, I shall light my candle in its light. I shall build my civilization.
At that time I shall extend my hand, I shall forgive those who tried to destroy my identity, because love and peace are my aspirations.
Yusuf Kuwa, Sudan People's Liberation Army