Oh, South Africa! Poem by DOMINIC PREMPEH

Oh, South Africa!

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I remember the days
When the whole of Africa
Supported South Africa
To fight Apartheid

I remember how
The whole of Africa rejoiced
When South Africa
Gained independence

Africa
Has always
Been there
For South Africa

We
Helped you curb apartheid;
And today
You kill us!

(Dec.,2015; Ofoase)

Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: fear,life,pain,poem,reality,story,xenophobia
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Uwakwe Uchechukwu 28 February 2017

Thank you, Brother for writing this poem. Truly it pains me as a Nigerian when i hear of the xenophobic attacks my fellow Nigerians experience in the hands of Southafricans. Tell me are we not the same Africans? Where is the pan african dream? or are they just mere imaginations? If every african country start xenophobic wars now, how will africa rise? There're South Afticans here in Nigeria and yet they are treated fine but still South africans persecute immigrants.

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