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The Problem With Africa Printable Version PRINTABLE VERSION
by Odimegwu Onwumere, Nigeria Apr 2, 2007
Peace & Conflict   Poetry

  

The Problem With Africa

We Africans seem to live for the present
rather than plan for the future.

We have many things planned for one day,
and could not be able to finish
for one hundred years.

The greed among our leaders is replete and rife.
They overextend their privileges time wise.

And because of this,
Ripples to crop-up are gigantic.

Except those leaders gluttonous features
run in their blood like a virus bury it,
the chance of achieving the much touted
Millennium Development Goals
would be equivocal.

It’s fortunate Africa has produced
the best brains in the world.

It’s unfortunate Africa has produced
the worst leaders in the world.

Where is the chance for Africa to grow?


Copyright 2007 Odimegwu Onwumere








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Odimegwu Onwumere


Odimegwu Onwumere, a poet and an author, is the Founder, Poet Against Child Abuse (PACA), Rivers State , Nigeria . +2348032552855. apoet25@yahoo.com

If it's prose, he writes stories,
If it's poetry, he writes poems,
If it's drama, he writes screenplays,
And he has achieved some poetry nominations, in the USA and in Canada. He was born in Accra Ghana. A Nigerian by origin and is in his early thirties.
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Where is the chance for Africa to grow?
Eugenia Bivines | Apr 13th, 2007
Growth comes from setting goals and finishing them. The People of Africa has such low self esteam and I know my people can do better and rule their world. "To Each One Teach One"

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