<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=523434" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mama Africa</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mama Africa<br>Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana, Saudi Arabia<br>Mama Africa<br>Senegal, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, South Africa</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The land of enormous mineral wealth<br>I salute thee; I adore thee even in poor health<br>So many countries I have not yet spelt<br>Have people ready and steady to flee before they melt</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mama Africa<br>You walk with a suicidal long rope<br>As your people lose all hope<br>Rather than cooking up a brand of prosperity<br>You the land of recognized poverty<br>Have mistakenly invented a brand of austerity<br>The masses are slowly dying<br>While only a few are high-flying</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mama Africa<br>We talk about your diamond rushes<br>We speak of numbers of human losses<br>We hide our fusses in internal silent boxes<br>While people struggle and fight in oil brushes<br>And external parties hide their delightful blushes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mama Africa<br>How can a land of abundant resources and rich culture<br>That the world with marvel continuously captures<br>Allow wealth to be taken from you before it matures? <br>Why not divert these takers to signs labeled departure? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mama Africa<br>Listen to your children’s voices<br>Listen to the peoples noises<br>They are crying to be heard<br>They are crying to be fed<br>They are crying for proper education<br>They are crying as a single nation<br>They are crying for an end to corruption<br>They are crying for an end to self-destruction<br>They are crying for your delinquent protection</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mama Africa<br>How many crying tears will it take by calculation? <br>How many dying years will it take to deliver salvation? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mama Africa<br>Along with your weakness I salute thee! <br>Along with your greatness I adore thee! <br>Along with your madness I still love thee!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sylvia+Chidi">Sylvia Chidi</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=523434" data-title="Mama Africa de Sylvia Chidi" data-description="Mama Africa Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana, Saudi Arabia Mama Africa Senegal, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, South Africa The land of enormous mineral wealth I salute thee; I adore thee even in poor health So many countries I have not yet spelt Have people ready an..."></div> </div> </div>

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