Never have you ever sat <br />Or beneath African Suns lay flat <br />You insist on rumours fat <br />Liken to a rainy day's door mat <br />To judge where you haven't testified <br />And judge what ain't justified <br /> <br />You don't read Africa <br />You heard it is Hell's replica <br />With an oasis of virtual bliss <br />Where on semi-humans and snakes hiss <br />You watched him report <br />On a continent he hasn't rapport! <br /> <br />Why do you believe: <br />That which you perceive? <br />As Gospel-truth lies you receive? <br />Those that only your mind deceive? <br />Making you think 'Africa' is synonym to 'grieve'? <br /> <br />You don't read Africa <br />You only read about Africa <br />The cradle of mankind <br />You believe is to mankind unkind <br />You help in protests <br />Against nothing on your list of detests <br />You call it charity when you commission inquests! <br /> <br />Can a reader read a book here <br />When he is only there <br />There where he doesn't know where, <br />Where he feels and thinks is nowhere? <br />Read Africa from your heart <br />Not just when Africans hurt <br />You cannot read Africa miles apart <br /> <br />You read of Africa <br />You read about Africa <br />You read about Africa <br />You have read about Africa <br />You Don't Read Africa<br /><br />David Munene wa Kimberly<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-don-t-read-africa/
