I Weep For Africa
Anyone who knows me will know that I am a great advocate for Africa. It is where I was born and where I've lived most of my life. I love the land and I love its people. As a result, most of my writing on Africa is in the spirit of appreciation and optimism. However, I cannot deny that sometimes Africa breaks my heart. Sometimes its pain and suffering overwhelms me - whether it is the genocide of Rwanda or the war in Darfur, the devastation of Aids in South Africa or the scourge of corruption in Nigeria, the disaster of dictatorship in Zimbabwe or the resource curse in the DRC. As my latest poem says, I Weep for Africa:
I weep for the invisible:
For all those who still live in darkness
Because the light of the world's media is dim
And poverty's face does not sell
The full poem is posted on my website at:
www.waynevisser.com/i_weep_for_africa.htm
POSTED BY WayneVisser.com AT 2/21/2008 4:30 AM
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