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Countee Cullen
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“Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing!”
Countee Cullen (1903–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black Women from whose loins I sprang When the birds of Eden sang? One three centuries removed From the scenes his fathers loved, Spicy grove, cinnamon tree, What is Africa to me?”
Countee Cullen (1903–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source