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Ghana

‘The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.”

— Maya Angelou, ‘Caged Bird, Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?’ (1983).