<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=580371" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To You, Africa</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are a beautiful terra firma<br>With beautiful people<br>Rich in history<br>Rich in prosperity</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are a land of life hard lived<br>Through droughts and famines<br>Your people had a lot to give</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your villages were of close community<br>Unlike that of civilization<br>You were the best example <br>that the world could have seen</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the toubob began to arrive<br>And your people were taken<br>With no regard for your childrens lives<br>I know you are still shaken</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Taken from the land they loved<br>Shoving their beloved Earth into their mouth<br>For one last taste of you, Africa</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your people have been stolen<br>Your people have been killed<br>Your generations have been lost<br>Your families have been torn apart</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your people have been enslaved<br>Your women have been raped<br>Your people have long suffered<br>Your people have lived through misery</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Stolen for what purpose<br>Other than to be a serf<br>Some say it could have been worse<br>But we know it was the worst</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Africa, your people are great<br>Your people are strong<br>Your people survived through it all<br>Your people still sung their songs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">After 1865 they were freed<br>Yet still they were enslaved it seemed<br>Today there are still places that ban your people<br>Brought here unwillingly, to this 'land of the free'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your people are who can change this nation<br>Your people are here for that reason<br>All hope is not lost<br>We will succeed regardless of the cost</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is to you, Africa</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ryan+Sanders">Ryan Sanders</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=580371" data-title="To You, Africa de Ryan Sanders" data-description="You are a beautiful terra firma With beautiful people Rich in history Rich in prosperity You are a land of life hard lived Through droughts and famines Your people had a lot to give Your villages were of close community Unlike that of civilizati..."></div> </div> </div>

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