THE BLEEDING CONTINENT

Africa my mother land
My belonging where I belong
Civil war
Hunger and starvation
Coups and counter coups
Blood and death

Daily newspaper flash pictures
Of Africa’s sad face
Exploited and oppressed
Betrayed and Blackmailed
Ridiculed
Africa my mother land
The bleeding continent

War in Liberia
The social order has collapsed
War in Somali
The civil order has collapsed
War in Rwanda
The humanity has collapsed
Africa my motherland
Destine in the hands of disports
Agents of new colonialism
Mouth piece of warring ideological
Antagonist, imposter, usurper
Vampires bleeding you to death
The bleeding continent

From horizon
No glimmer of light of hope
Instead, a dark foul wind of bondage
Crippling chains of debts
Manacles of exploitation
Racial intolerance tearing you apart
Apartheid in the South
Racial conflicts from within and without
The bleeding continent

Africa my mother land
Home for warring feuds
Tribal feuds in Rwanda and Burundi
Hutus against Tutsis
Religions feuds in Sudan
Christians verses Muslims
Clannish feuds in Somali
Africa my motherland
The bleeding continent

Africa my motherland
My belonging where I belong
Listen to the voice of your redeemed
Redeemed from rags of humiliation
Africa my motherland
The cure to all your ailment
All your troubles and tribulation
is unity
Africa unite, unite, unite and
Defeat voicelessness by a strong voice
For unity is strength
Let’s join in the words of the song
By African Pan-Africanist…
Mungu Ibariki Afrika

Poet: DEJUOLS Ammbbaassaah
and
Argwings Clement Aruwah