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Sunday, April 22, 2018

I Am Not From The Africa You Have In Mind Comments

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I am not from the Africa you have in mind
Filthy, dirty, infested with all kinds of disease
Poverty, wars, and starvation
That is your Africa, not mine
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Yehualashet Teshome

africa poverty women Mountains

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Laurie van der Hart 22 June 2019

I like this poem, Yehualashet. Yes, Africa is beautiful in many ways and so many people don’t know it. I am African too, despite the look of my name. And I always try to help people understand more about the real Africa.

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