Citation
Maddock, L. and Maroun, W. (2022), "SOS: accountability 2021 September", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 35 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-05-2022-150
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited
Midwinter: dry, yapping cold at my
heels all morning (‘bone cold’ is what
I call it). Highveld, South Africa.
Then the clouds clear and we all know we are home …
the endless brilliant blue above us
is the envelope God chose to send his
largesse to Africa.
Nkosi sikelele i Africa.
It's as if my heart adjusts
to its primal beat,
that of the Cowhide Drum, from our
own Mtshali;
Nigeria's Achebe;
Serote, ours too.
Yes! A rare moment.
Africa united in one breath:
We have to save this beauty!