Afrika Poem by John Sensele

Cast away the sad tag
Naysayers snapped on you long ago
As if your back can't sag
Under the weights you'd gladly let go.

Raiders sailed from Europe
To steal your wealth
And with your women elope
To irreparably injure their health.

Today, the mighty's propaganda
Machinery casts them as heroes
No wonder they plunder
Resources from North to South, East to West to amass a mass of zeroes.


You bore humankind
In the womb they violated
With impunity and left you blind
After your dignity they mutilated.

Stop the top of conflicts
That travel through your tribes
To glorify the goon who predicts
The proliferation of stripes and pipes of bribes.


Democracy, not autocracy
Deserves a chance to grow
In Afrika to cut out kleptocracy
And put meritocracy in the front row.


Strategies, energise
Your best brains
Incentivise
To promote peace and progress strains.