Africans Problem
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This poem is center around the behavior and mentality of power greed African leaders. They have so long suffered the minority, poor and disable, and the voiceless. Their greed have far extend beyond their control, and they care less about the very people who elected them into power today. Their only priority is their family, friends and themselves.
While the poor and disable people are dying of hunger, poor infastructure to better their lives and offsprings, lack of proper medical facility for their well-being, they are busy womanizing and enriching themselves overnight. The poor and the needy become vulnerable and wreck on a daily basis to battle life obstacles and suffered their fate for electing them into power. Injustice and embezzlement supersede everything become the order of the day.
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