Have seen little of history unfold <br />I know that one thing will always be <br />Africa will be, <br />But what is Africa’s may never be <br /> <br />White man came <br />Green lands began to dry <br />So did rivers and streams <br />Even oceans and seas <br /> <br />Whatever the white man sees <br />Seems to vanish from Africa <br />Like dews do in his singeing summers <br />When he sees peace… there! Gone <br /> <br />The white man said he’d in Africa invested <br />In actual sense he had Africa infested <br />Looting without shame <br />Claiming England is Object; Africa its subject <br /> <br />There was gold, grandpa says <br />We fight over our own <br />Lacerate throats and disembowel ours <br />Man in white fuels it dressed in black <br /> <br />We choose our way <br />Dos, don’ts, and embargoes stay <br />When we invent, they endear us <br />Purporting supervision, yet looting <br /> <br />What is Africa’s one day will be <br />And shall remain African and Africa’s <br />What should unite Africa is Africa’s <br />It will never split Africa into Africas<br /><br />David Munene wa Kimberly<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/africa-and-africa-s/
