Africa Is The Richest Continent! Poem by Kondwani Simwaba

Africa is the richest continent!
Doubters and believers
Doubter 1
I wish I wasn't born in Africa, you see this land is full of corruption; the people are so backwards, the leaders are selfish; we are impoverished and yet we are always borrowing, this continent can never progress; we don't even have anything to point at as our own except for historical figures…
Believer 1
It figures, your luck of understanding of this continent is a shame; you look at it from the point of pain, disregarding the great wealth that remains unadulterated, this is the land of the Black Panther, this is the land of kings; open your eyes and see that Africa is more than you see!
Doubter 2
To be or not to be, Shakespeare once said but how can we be great when we only shake spears while our enemies waggle guns at us? Our culture has long been forgotten that's why we all dream of working and living in other countries; you see, I too don't agree that Africa is more than we see, you see, gone are the times when we stood for something; nothing can change the fact that Africa is in ruins…
Believer 2
Bruins, you don't understand, Africa needs only unity; we have the potential; we have the strength; we have the resources that other continents can only dream of; you see, our rich history is what makes us who we are; these other continents and us remain worlds apart; but only if we work together as one nation and citizens of one continent, can we really be at par…
Reason (Final believer)
Easy gentlemen! You see in a way you all maybe right but see; let me tell you what my grandfather told me, he said; ‘Long before the system switched on we had power that ZESCO couldn't control; from the Diamonds of Sierra Leone to the Egyptian hieroglyphics, our land was abundant from the great pyramids of Giza to the palaces of Caesar; we had minerals from the cape of good hope to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean; you see, Africa was the opium of the universe; deep within the woods we had animals these others could only read about; we were blessed with farming, our maize grew in deserts I can assure you we had deserts not just feasting from food for thought;you see Africa is the richest continent, if only you lads could see that this Melanin is what paints our continent; then maybe, just maybe you'd begin to respect our ancestors and their blood, shed for our peace today…