[Bridge: Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba]
When I look at Africa
Many questions come to mind
Many times I asked myself
What would happen if Mwalimu were to rise up
And see what is happening
Many times I'll ask myself
What would happen if Kwame Nkrumah and Patrice Émery Lumumba were to rise up
And see what is happening
Because what they would be confronted with
Is an Africa where the Democratic Republic of Congo is unsettled
There is a war going on there
But it's not on the front pages of our newspapers
We don't even control our newspapers and the media
They'll be confronted with an Africa
Where people have lost their self prime
As I speak to you, the Central African Republic is at war