by Desmond Oriakhogba

The IP Unit
Sits on UCT Kramer Loft
As a Pulpit
Where diverse brains
Preach Afro IP

The sermon is simple:
Open access;
Open Knowledge;
Knowledge sharing
For Afro development

The Head: a ‘German Afro’
The body: a mix of races,
Different ages and faces
All deep in IP mine
Quarrying together
Hand in hand
Offering each a shoulder
In filial affinity

Though in a loft
The IP Unit is no Hermit:
He flows in Open AIR
And ASK Justice
With Afro, White and Coloured brains.
He speaks in his Gown
And shakes hands with Town

The end is simple:
Open access;
Open Knowledge;
Knowledge sharing
For Afro development