Whose children are we?

We are Africa’s children.

Whose children are we?

We are Africa’s children.

There’s none to compare,

Because that’s the way it is.

- Akan Folklore

We are the children of Africa,

Let it surprise you no longer.

We have thrown off our slave clothes.

See, we are the queens and kings of today.

Oh, stand up!

Children of Africa.

The sun is up.

Unite now.

Stand up, stand up children of Africa.

by Femi Osofisan