Fragments of African Patriotism

Fragments of African patriotism Lie scattered all over Africa and yonder There are specialists in grabbing the pieces With no one interested in knitting together The Arab -phones are picked, cooked, eaten By the swords of Saladin Anglo-phones are picked, cooked, eaten By the Lions of the Sea The Franco-phones are picked, cooked and eaten By the axes of liberty, fraternity and equality The Christian-phones are picked and massaged By hidden and revered powers of the soul The rest of the broken pieces hard to put together Are picked, minced and eaten raw within Ethnicity, self-interests, ignorance and greed are The armors of destruction and betrayal These fragments of Africa patriotism and unity Make African continent good for sorrows The question that pinches my heart is this: Who will knit African patriotism into one piece?