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There is Always Another Story in Africa

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They say:   In Africa Spiders crawl high Honest men, dragged down Leaders’ tongues drool lies Man must know man to succeed Merit dies; 'drop brown envelope abeg.' ********    In Africa Riches are trampled on the streets Papers, cans, nylons, litter in death And curl together in decay Till mosquito’s eat away our homes ******** In Africa We seek White Man’s aid Proclaiming, ‘ it’s free, take it all. ’ Oga, awof dey run belle    (greed causes untold pain) ********   In Africa Forget the price of freedom Love us, feed us True love empowers, not just aids ********     In Africa The lands are alive with abundance Yet land livers die in poverty ********   In Africa The gun power cuts off man’s humanity We point bullets at victims to save the heads of tormentors ******** I say:  In Africa...