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Blessed with the milk and honey of all kinds of natural resources, you have been an indisputable point of reference. You were adorned with huge deposited of nature-gift which didn’t exclude the most precious of all metals and stones. The spontaneous luscious fragrance that radiates from your precious apparel are enough to resuscitate fading glories. Your inestimable beauty is second to none. You have always been the center of attraction, attracting all and sundry to have a taste of your beauty and blessed resources. You are a rare gem that can’t be found carelessly anywhere on planet earth other than in the land of beauty called Africa. You are indeed rich, seeing that your wealth are natural and can’t be imitated or emulated by any sort of artificial wealth. Oh, Mother Africa! Oh, Mother Africa! You have been known for your natural beauty and this fact can’t be contented.

In time past, countries of other continents have come to you seeking for solutions to their problem. You used to be a place where others run to in search of daily bread and refuge. I was once told by my fathers, even as history would have it, that your greatness was so vast cutting across so many sectors of the industry such that one of the early king of one of the kingdoms of the Middle East had to come to you for medical attention. Is that really the case today? Why have things fall apart so quick? Why have the center of envy become a place of less worth?

I see many countries of other continent that equally gained independence at approximate time with most of the countries you gave birth to, but I’m also aware that most of these countries are fully independent today, making headway around the globe with all kinds of development and technological innovations. Why allow this unacceptable level of inequality? Mother Africa, where is your independence?

You started this marathon with many other countries of the world, but it seems most of them have gone far ahead of you despite the fact that you have ALL it takes to be great and even greater than most of them; was it that the baton wasn’t well passed on in the race or is it that other unknown factors crept in during this continuous and never ending race? You have been applauded for being one of the pioneer of civilization, but it seems you completely sold out your patent of civilization to the white man. Where have things actually gone wrong? Will you ever catch up with them again?

Things have indeed fallen apart! Things are still falling apart! They have gone so sour than we have ever anticipated. Would you allow these things to keep falling apart at your watch? You have been looked at with so much ...

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