Mother Africa

Oh! Mother Africa!
From the East to the West, from the North to the South of     
                     
Africa is strife, killings, starvation and poverty  

Brothers killing brothers
And innocent bloods are being shed every day
                                 
Arise! Mother Africa and save your child.
Give hope to the hopeless
And strength to the weak
                                        
Liberty to the oppressed
Peace to the restless and succor to the needy
      
From Free town in Sierra Leone 
to Darfur region in the Republic of Congo.
From the Niger Delta region in Nigeria to Monrovia in Liberia
From Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Sudan
From Luanda in Angola to Kinshasa in Zaire
From Cape Town South Africa to Nairobi Kenya
Let there be peace, love, unity and prosperity in the Land
Dear Mother Africa!
Show us the way and save Africa your beloved child in whom you are  
Well pleased.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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