They Lied To You Poem by Raimi Babatunde

They called us a shit-hole
But from these holes lies their wealth
They say we live in slums
But they jolly on our beautiful islands
We don't live on trees
Africa has got beautiful cities
The same other in your cities

They told you lies
And you believed them
How can the whole continent contact aids?
Whereaas our sons are scaling new heights
Teaching in your universities
Conquer your fears
Come! See! ! Believe! ! !

Africa is a country
who told you that?
We are a continent of fifty four countries
About four hundred thirty million of us speak
French
Cutting across twenty nine countries
While twenty four countries speak English
Know it also today that;
Most Africans speak more than one language

They will not tell you
How they looted our artifacts
Decorated their museums with stolen
masterpieces
They will not tell you about our weather
The best weather in the whole world
We don't live with animals in Africa
We love Animals

Next time you talk about Africa
Add some respect
I know they didn't tell you
Africa is the cradle of human civilization
We have our problems, especially bad leadership
Rooted in massive corruption
But from the bad pot, comes the white pap
Bottom line, they lied to you...