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Dear Friends,
I am looking for someone to translate my poem into Mandinka.
I will pay whomever translate my prize winning poem into Mandinka.
Octber 24, I will be presented with the Gloria Fatou Wiggins Poet of the
Year 1999 Medallion and the Diamond Homer Trophy by the Famous Poets
Society and my poem Man of Two Worlds will be published I will be
televised presenting it to a delegation of poets worldwide, celebrities
and others.
MAN OF TWO WORLDS
BY
GLORIA FATOU WIGGINS
I LOVE YOU WILLIAM ALEXANDER HALEY
SON OF ALEX HALEY (LEGENDARY AUTHOR OF ROOTS)
DESCENDENT OF KUNTA KINTE
A MANDINGO OF HUNDRED OF YEARS AGO
FROM THE JUFFUREH VILLAGE IN THE GAMBIA, WEST AFRICA
FORMER SITE OF THE GREAT EMPIRES OF GHANA AND SONGHAY
ANCIENT TRAVELERS TO THE NEW WORLD CENTURIES BEFORE COLUMBUS
I LOVE YOU BILL HALEY
TOUR DIRECTOR TO THE FIRST WORLD
MOTHER AFRICA, WHERE LIFE BEGAN
MOTHER AFRICA, CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
MOTHER AFRICA, BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODERN WORLD POPULATION
MOTHER AFRICA, TRULY THE FIRST WORLD
I LOVE YOU BILL HALEY
SUCH SIMPLE TRUTH
MAN OF TWO WORLDS
Gloria Fatou Wiggins
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