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My Africa

Africa!Africa My Africa A proud land of our forefathers Africa my jewel Your recipes of courage has been pass from generation to generation A continent carved out of glory A land blessed with fertile soil on which the world grow A land known for their hospitality A land known for our skillful potter We survived by unity and love for one another A land blessed with many talents The land that's solid like the baobab tree that always flourish We map our future from your stories The land where my heart resides and will always be A land blessed with different language like swahili, amharic, oromo,zulu,hausa,shona The africa that is at the heart of different people, language who we all call this land our home A land blessed with great heroes and leaders like Ellen Johnson sirleaf, jomo kenyatta, Nelson Mandela, Thomas sankara, kofi Annan We're black in the outside but white in the inside For Africa to them is just a continent but to me is my identity and my home From the depth of my heart comes the blossom of greatness To them we're slaves but that's their view My blackness is my strength My Africa will rise from the shackles of adversity My Africa will rise from the ashes of distorted history I speak for myself, you and the Africa We're blessed with great poets like Kwame Dawes, jack cope Have you heard of Alhanislam,shefeerh, soulunraveled, teen Tag together we all are Africans The world is like a picture and we the Africans are the frame that holds it Dear Africa your love unite us This is my home @bint__abdolrahman

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Date: 5/16/2020 5:03:00 PM
From a migrant laborer brought to Zululand in 1860s, I welcome this poem on Africa. It shows love, concern for the future ---- I used to feel frustration because it was a leading continent. Then slavery, colonialism, & fake patriotism with political independence, greed, corruption. In S. Africa, after Mandela, we still repeat this tragic pattern. Yet God loves Africa; it will rise. KARIBU, Anil Deo
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