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land of the sun: Africa
Land of the noble and the meek.
Africa! Africa our mother land.
Land of prince and princess.
Land of gold and diamond.
Land of treasures and riches.
Africa! Africa our ancestral land.
Land of shining sun Africa.
You have been envied by the so-
called mighty and small powers
of the universe.
You have been called names and
painted with ugly colors of hate.
Your sacred and virgin lands raped
by powers of greed and supremacy.
You were bombed with obnoxious
trade in the history of mankind.
You have been exploited in return
for your hospitality.
Your sacred land has been turned
into a breeding ground for political
stooges,
a dumping ground for weapons and
toxic wastes of the super powers.
Land of the sun: Africa.
Land of morals and culture.
Land of the meek and warriors.
Africa! Africa!! Land of my birth.
Land of solace of souls.
Africa, land of family values.
Despite the turbulent storms of hate.
Despite the pollution and genocides
of the greed.
Your sun has never ceased to shine.
Neither have you given up the dazzling
marks of your beauty.
It is said that no matter the weight and
forces of rainfall it will never wash off the
tribal mark of the Ostrich.
Africa! Africa!! Africa, land of the shining
sun, the beautiful land of my birth.
Chidi Okoye © 1998
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