Cry The Beloved Continent Poem by Qiniso Mogale

Beautiful landscapes,
Breathtaking hills and mountains,
Precious minerals like gold and diamonds,
Magnificent waterfalls,
Overflowing rivers,
The African continent endowed in beauty,
The African continent stands out among it's peers,
But Africans are destroying the continent from within,
Cry the beloved continent.

African leaders are destroying the beautiful continent,
African leaders proud and arrogant,
African leaders greedy and egoistic,
African leaders concerned with accruing wealth for themselves,
African leaders concerned with their bulging stomachs,
The continent languishing in abject poverty,
The continent plunged in civil wars,
Cry the beloved continent.

African leaders are power hungry,
African leaders are abusing their powers,
African leaders manipulating their countries constitutions to hold on to power,
African leaders murdering opposition leaders to cling on to power,
African leaders silencing dissenting voices,
Cry the beloved continent.