THE AFRICA OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW


BUT THE AFRICA TODAY GIVES ME NOTHING BUT HEADACHE

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AFRICA MY MOTHERLAND HOW PROUD I WAS TO SEE YOU
MY HEART SETTLED WHEN I SAW GREAT SONS AND DAUGHTERS FIGHTING TO PUT YOU ON TOP
THEY SAW YOU AS THE FOUNTAIN OF HOPE FOR THE HUMAN RACE
THEY NEVER RESTED FOR EVEN A MINUTE
ALL THE WANTED WAS TO SEE YOU ABOVE ALL
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THEY STOOD BY ONE ANOTHER
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ALL IN THE NAME OF UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT
THIS AND MANY MORE GAVE BIRTH TO ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNION NOW AFRICA UNION
 WHEN DEATH CHASED THEM THEY NEVER RUN AWAY
WHEN THE OPPRESSORS CHASED THEM, THEY NEVER RUN FROM THEIR NEST
THEY STOOD BY THEIR GROUND AND HELD HANDS FIRMLY
THEY CONQUERED WITH A ROAR LIKE THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH
THE OPPRESSORS SAW NO REST UNTIL FREEDOM WAS GIVEN
THE AFRICA I SEE TODAY IS THE AFRICA THAT HAS RISE TO OPPRESSORS RULE
IN THE GHANA NATIONAL ANTHEM WE HAVE "AND HELP US TO RESIST OPPRESSORS' RULE"
YET TODAY WE HAVE GIVEN CHANCE TO THE OPPRESSORS RULE IN AFRICA
THE AFRICA TODAY IS THE LAND THAT FEEDS THE ENEMY
THE AFRICA TODAY IS THE LAND THAT IS IMPOVERISHED BY ITS OWN PEOPLE
THE AFRICA TODAY IS THE LAND THAT IMPRISONS IDEAS
THE AFRICA TODAY IS THE LAND THAT WELCOMES CORRUPTION
DESPISE NOT MY PETITION MOTHER AFRICA
THE HOPE OF THE UNBORN IS TO SEE A BETTER AFRICA TOMORROW
AN AFRICA THAT IS FULL OF MILK AND HONEY
AN AFRICA THAT IS FULL OF DEVELOPMENT
AN AFRICA THAT WELCOMES INITIATIVES
AN AFRICA THAT GIVES PEACE TO THE AFFLICTED
AN AFRICA THAT IS UNITED TO FIGHT THE OPPRESSOR. THIS IS A HUMBLE PLEA TO ALL AFRICANS
RISE AND GIVE HOPE TO THE FUTURE

THE WRITERS ARE STUDENT OF GHANA INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM
A MEMBER OF NATIONS OF AFRICA
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