Poverty <br />The absence of all <br />Ignorance <br />The knowledge of nothing <br />Disease <br />These are our problems <br />Or so we are told <br /> <br />But hail Kwasi Miredu <br />Great Ghanaian cum African Philosopher <br />For thinking about us; for us <br />And identifying our real problems <br /> <br />Authoritarianism <br />The obsession with power <br />Supernaturalism <br />Notoriously religious people <br />Anachronism <br />Seeing as good that which is not <br /> <br />Insurmountable our problems are not <br />With due diligence and positive sin <br />We can change this sad plot <br />Our way out is through African socialization <br />Creating not the material wealth <br />But happiness in each and all<br /><br />kelvin karani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-problems-of-africa/
