Africa Where Are Thy Powers? (poem) by Izunna Okafor on AuthorsDen

Africa Where Are Thy Powers?
by Izunna Okafor → (All Poetry by Izunna Okafor)
Thursday, May 28, 2020 Rated "G" by the Author.

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By Izunna Okafor Africa Africa Africa! Oh the once mighty and heroic Africa Why has thou grown so cold? Why has thou remained thus numb?

By Izunna Okafor Africa Africa Africa! Oh the once mighty and heroic Africa Why has thou grown so cold? Why has thou remained thus numb? A fremd is here in thy enclave Battling thy home without mercy And battering thy all in thy all Before thy very eyes, oh Africa! Thy peace is stolen And fear injected in thy veins With thy activities all at halt All by same unwelcome visitor. Thy hands are caged And thy mouth silenced with mask While thy children die in numbers Before thy very eyes, oh Africa! Hunger is dire in the land Yet thy children are home and docked For the fear of the fremd And thou dost nothing. Thou keepest quite, oh Africa! In the midst of all these Waiting for the Whites to solve thy puzzle And the world to come to your rescue. When hast thou grown lazy, Africa? Where are thy ecumenic powers? Where are thy roots and thy foods? What happened to thy herbs? Why art thou dependent on the Whites? Why hope on them for solution? Why look akimbo, oh Africa? Can't solution come from thee? Are thy bushes there in vain? Thy creatures and powers to create Africa, recall thy deeeds in the past And mights and beauty in the days of old. Arise, oh Africa, to save the world For a fremd has trapped the earth And the key with the earth remains Arise oh Africa, and find ye the key. Arise, Africa, Arise Leverage thy powers and flowers The world is waiting for your Arise, oh Africa, arise � Izunna Okafor, 2020.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on May 30, 2020

A fitting call for action from the continent you love. Your people have been so maligned for so long that it will be difficult to transition into the 21st-century without the help of Whites. But there is brilliance among you. The son of one of your brilliant men became the president of the United States. A stately, and accomplished man who will continue to do many good deeds for the world in the years come.

Yes, arise Africa. Show your brilliance and your ability to overcome little problems like the current virus that has taken hold of the people of the world and laid them low until a cure is found or they will go.

Ron

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on May 28, 2020

What's happening in Africa now is written in the Bible. Such a sad thing to see so much famine and suffering. God help us! Amen