the mother continent where human life is said to have begun when we celebrate africa we celebrate the essence of humanity we celebrate life we celebrate the beauty of our continent of our being we celebrate all that makes us african we celebrate our landscapes oh our beautiful lands our gorgeous mountains and hills our rivers and streams our dark forests the changing colours of the soil the richness of our lands we celebrate our languages the beauty in our clicks our art in choosing words our art in dialogue which infuses values in the choice of words