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No Truth For Africa

How long shall we try to convince her to see the truth? How long would she pretend, when the truth sits in-between her breast cursed? Deception and lies she fed her children but she hypocritically crave for peace in the midst of injustice She is an adulterous who slept with corruption, tribalism, nepotism and soiled her white garment on the day of marriage to truth At the dawn of her great tribulation, she clandestinely assembled all her bravest children i.e. Nkrumah, Haile Selassie, Lumumba, Kenyatta and lied to them about how corruption, tribalism and nepotism of the white man raped her of her virginity They started an uprising with burning flame of emancipation in their hearts because they were willing to shed their blood for the pride of their deceptive mother i.e. Africa I felt thunderous roars from Cairo to Soweto that broke the cord between mastery and slavery The awaken of a lost history Restoration of a broken dynasty The nations ruled on the moral fiber of love and unity Their own hailed them but their own also murdered their dreams because they stood for something that was more powerful than blood diamonds, oils, and dictatorship i.e. the truth and serving humanity Wipe away your tears for there is no reason to love and fight for Africa; when tyrants like Mugabe, Al-Bashir, Museveni, Biya, Eduardo Dos Santos, Obiang Nguema are stealing and oppressing their own Oh! No truth for her No truth for Africa BY: KOJO POET

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 2/16/2016 2:29:00 PM
KINGSLEY ANTWI, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. LOVE LINDA
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Date: 12/1/2015 1:26:00 PM
Kingsley, Enjoyed reading your poem today. ~SKAT~
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Date: 1/7/2013 2:05:00 PM
Have been in Kenya only 5 months, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. the corruption is mind boggling..and there is no vision, no man or woman willing to stand on the shoulders of desmond tutu and nelson mandela ...and like minded visionaries--where is the man/woman of the next generation? the spoils are too rich and tempting.... one must have a sterling character...where is that leader?
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