They Didn'T Leave
We should have let them stay,
Since they brought Christianity,
formal education and civilization.
We should have let them stay,
Even though they made away with African valuables such as gold, ivory, rubber, palm oil, wood, cotton, artifacts, etc.
We should have let them stay,
Even though the reason for their mission was for slave trade and cheap labour.
We should have let them stay,
As able-bodied Africans were amassed to the European tobacco plantations by force, deceit or exchange.
We should have let them stay,
Even though they saw Africans as barbaric and uncivilized;
And considered African culture as inferior to their own and therefore needed to be replaced.
But it hurts so deep like a knife,
That they left but still controls the politics and economy our country.
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