Funny Africa Poems

The Zebra has a puzzling name,
Alphabet letters strangely cast,
It finishes off with the first,
After starting off with the last!

The Zebra is a cunning beast,
It blends...

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Whatever you've lost
Don't go in search for it
If you can't find it
It always leave you insane
Start looking for who to blame.
Transfer your pain into glory
Leave...

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What the birds know today is that I am not there
Funny as it may seem, those birds and I have something in common
We are always...

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What they condemn publicly 
They secretly admire
What they despise publicly 
They secretly respect 
They're so deceiving 
Acting cunning and it's not funny.

They're so crispy 
Very...

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Highlight of Goofus and Gallant 
bred within the survival instinct 
of hungry hordes of prey, 
when Earth in the balance 
against an uncomfortable truth 
smug...

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Life without money 
Very boring and funny 
But educative
No company to commune with
Solitude your best friend
Constantly reminiscing and relearning.

A broke man, a lonely man
Bitter many...

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In Lagos' vibrant mosaic, life abounds,
Multicultural threads, in waters surrounded.
Lovely, funny, and resilient souls reside,
Great leaders emerge, yet hurdles abide.

Morning rush, nighttime chase, ceaseless pace,
Some...

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Life of a street girl
Not easy
To survive 
Always trying 
To survive 
Either by hookup
Or by crook.

Always looking 
For a way to go
Life of a street...

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Sometimes life can be peaceful 
And Sometimes it can be quite 
You can even hear the needle drop
What is so funny?
Sometimes life can be full...

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Underneath there is a story
Water is a liquid
And the sand is an ingredient 
Above there is a tale
Rain is water
And the sky is a component...

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Oh! 
  Love
    In love
               Is
Loving love
That...

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In the land of Nigeria, strong and bold,
Super Eagles soar, stories to be told.
To the final they’ve flown, no easy feat,
God’s grace and hard work,...

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More pure than a lake of baptized sins 
I just wanna get money and match my friends 
She wash in Lake Minnetonka with a devilish...

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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE
               BY
OLADELE MARYAM

Every night
My heart belongs to you
Under...

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War is never nice and friendly
Make no error about it
Invasion is war, death of a country
Nostra culpa est
There is no amicable invasion
Obviously, this is an...

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