Golden Brown Children Of The Sun: Black Poetry and African Art For Africa Day

Golden Brown Children of the Sun is my latest poem, I wrote it just today (May 25th, 2023). The phrase Golden Brown has been dancing around in my mind for a long time now. I love the term, it invokes in my mind images of brown skin lit with gold. I love the color and word gold and all that it encapsulates. Today I was driven to write a poem using the phrase Golden Brown. Coincidentally, as I got ready to publish this blog post I discovered lo and behold it is Africa Day. So in commemoration of Africa Day I dedicate this poem to all African people and people of African descent around the world. My poem, Golden Brown Children of the Sun was written for all people of color may you always shine bright like the sun that lives in you.

 

Africa Map Art, African Metal Wall Art by Injete Chesoni

 

GOLDEN BROWN CHILDREN OF THE SUN

Black Poetry and African Poems by Injete Chesoni

 

Golden Brown

kissed by the sun

Skin 

in joyful hues

That sing

Of days

having fun

Soaking up 

brilliant 

rays of sun

Light

That shines bright

In the skies 

Warming the earth

Whenever you rise

Golden brown

Child

May you always

Shine as

bright as the

Sun that lives in you

Golden Brown

Goddess

With a crown

Made of

Jewels that sparkle 

like the Sun

May you always

Glow and burn

As bright as the sun

That lives in you

Brilliant fire

May you never tire

Golden brown

Kings of the Earth

May you rise to claim

your birth

right to shine bright

and light up the world

With the flaming rays of the 

Sun that you are

Brilliant fire

May you never tire

Golden brown

Children of the sun

May you always

Shine bright with the fire

That lives in you. 

Brilliant sparks

Of light and fire

May you never

ever tire.

 

Copyright 2023 Maureen Injete Chesoni 

 

 

 

 

Metal Wall Art Decor: Paintings of African Women Turkana

I did this painting of an African woman from the Turkana tribe in Kenya as a commission for a friend. The Turkana people are renowned for their beautiful beaded African jewelry. I really enjoyed doing this embossed metal art piece and in particular painting over the beaded necklace. The paint colors came out particularly vibrant. I intend to do more paintings of women from tribes with interesting jewelry. If you would like to buy artwork please send an email to minjete@gmail.com.

African Art Painting of Woman

Turkana Girl (I) by Injete Chesoni

 Metal Wall Art Decor

Turkana Girl Painting by Injete Chesoni

 

 African Artwork

 Turkana Girl (I) by Injete Chesoni

 Metal Wall Art Decor

Painting of African Woman, (Turkana II) by Injete

Large Metal Art African Masks

Those of you who are familiar with my metal artwork may have noticed I tend to make smaller art pieces usually less than 12 by 16 inches. This is not due to a love for miniature art work but more due to the limitations of the metal I work with. Well that all changed in September when I got a commission for a larger art piece. The customer wanted a metal art piece that was at least 18 by 24 inches. So I had to stretch both my creative thinking and metal in order to come up with a piece that was 18 by 24 inches and still aesthetically pleasing. I joined a number of metal art pieces together and the end product was rather delightful. Best of all my customer was pleased with his new art piece. Here is a photo of the completed piece below. It is part of my African Masks collection and is based on my original Fathers Mask art piece.

African Mask: Embossed Metal Painting by Injete

 Fathers Mask (18.5 by 23.5 inches)

 African Mask: Embossed Metal Painting by Injete

Fathers Mask (18.5 by 23.5 inches)

Hakuna Matata: Double Meaning Quotes T-Shirts

I am an avid fan of quotes, blame it on my late father who was quite the collector of quote books. So for a while now I have been playing around with the idea of a quote website (I know it's overdone, hopefully I can do it differently). Quotes are a common thread in most of my online writing and I have also created a few art products featuring them. I am now moving onto a different line of quote products and will be opening a new Zazzle store debuting them. However, in the meantime here is a sample of one of my famous quotes t-shirts. It was inspired by my good friends Musonda and Andrew and a cool website they showed me called wordboner.com. My t-shirt features the African quote, "Hakuna Matata," which was made famous by "The Lion King," movie. Hakuna Matata, is a Swahili phrase which means "There are No problems or No Worries." My t-shirt has a double meaning which when read one way says, "Hakuna Matata meaning No Worries," and when read another way says ,"Kuna Matata meaning There are Problems." Enjoy it and look for more double-meaning quote products coming soon.

Hakuna Matata_Famous African Quotes T Shirts Kenya by Injete
Check out more Hakuna matata T-Shirts at Zazzle