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REMEMBER SHARPEVILLE REMEMBER SHARPEVILLE The stain of apartheid must be obliterated from African's bosom. REMEMBER SHARPEVILLE REMEMBER SHARPEVILLE For it is a valiant testimony to our unyielding struggle to be liberated black people PAUL ROBESON-THE SEQUOIA VERNON-TURNER KITABU I hear you stand tall as a Sequoia is tall, I hear you move men, not as a football player whose massive power and speed moved opponents to defeat- but move men with the eloquence of your speech, I hear the immensity of your presence filled the stages of the world- the vastness of your spirit invaded men's heart, I am told echoes of your songs reverberate-rebound within the mind of the blessed who heard you sing, I ask why haven't I heard the legend of this giant before, why super the diet of the green giant and not the protean food of this mighty man? In answer I am told, unlike the mighty but silent Sequoia Robeson spake, 370