MY AFRICA IS GREAT

come my friend and hear this tale,
of a place so rich and free,
wherein dwells true ecstasy,
Africa, Africa, Africa!

a people blessed beyond compare,
with divers cultures, diverse tongues,
happy people, sedulous knights,
sweetly soaring above the bar.

have you heard of Angola?
a country blessed with diamonds,
who's landscape's twice that of Texas,
and Morocco, that great kingdom?

have you been to Nigeria?
the giant of this great people,
who's soil is rich with oil and ore,
marble, gold, coal and more?

what about the great Zulu's,
with their oh! so cute cities,
have you been to Namibia,
and seen their rich uranium deposits?

time will fail me to write in full,
about this oh! so great people.
of Desmond Tutu, and Mandela,
about so much more and Soyinka.

my Africa is great, this I know,
my Africa is sweet like potato,
my Africa is blessed, yes, it is!
my Africa's a place of joy and bliss.

Oh my Africa what a blessed land you are
A land where many have come from far
To behold the beauty of the spirits
And ravish the splendour of roses and tulips.

@missvalue 2018