From Blackout to Sunshine.



I have encouraged 15 other women to join me.
I have encouraged 15 other women to join me.
Women rising for their digital rights.
Women rising for their digital rights.
The training builds their capacity on understanding their digital rights.
The training builds their capacity on understanding their digital rights.

Blackout attacked my community like pests



My future in darkness, companionship ruined.



My heart, a hole of bitterness and rage,



Sweating in dark pain



The Berlin blockade can’t measure up



To the solid fence this dark age had built against my job



Journalists spread salty spittle on mics



Talking of my excruciating pain,



Opportunities and possibilities



Passed by in mini-skirts



Spreading mocking heaps on me



No amount of CFA frs could put smile on my face



The fibers distant me from connection



And gave a blind view to communication



Blurring links with collaborators.



I laid my devastating story on my lips



Pushing hard word strings to open new doors



New rooms published my dark experience



Scattered sounds from phones littered my house



Striving to stitch my mouth in filth



 



Oh! A door was flung widely open



I jumped in, a garment of appointment on me,



Fame and visibility on my sleeves,



Entangled with like-minded people



Who lit the touch on my way



Scaring all shadows away,



In darkness, I saw light



 



Oh! I sing with digital notes to my people,



Giving them hope with my melodious story



Let them see how strong I've become



In activism



My resilience is strengthened



My voice is bolder and more influential



With sunshine in my face



As one the Digital Rights Advocate in the World.



 



 

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