Longer Poems: Third World Express/Come and Hope with Me, by Mongane Wally Serote

In Third World Express, with what Nadine Gordiner calls his "craftsmanlike agony", he develops his positive theme that , although so much has been done to diminish and destroy people- especially in Africa- reconstruction and the restoration of human integrity are not only possible but are happening. 

In Come and `hope with Me Serote makes a deep commitment to a peaceful future for a united people, confronting the forces that threaten this peace, and sounding a clear and strong chord of hope.