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LET ME TUTOR YOU ABOUT AFRICA

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Africa is not a bush

It is also no country

There aren’t people living on trees

Houses, mansions, great architecture

And great minds are found in Africa

Which including its Island Nations

Are 54 countries in all

 

Africa is a continent

Like Asian Continent

And the European continent

And not a country

So one can be a Ghanaian

Who knows only about Ghana

And has never travelled across the continent

We are not the same

We have our differences

Just as other continents do

 

Africa is a continent

And not a country

All those who mistake the problems

Of one with the other

Must bow their heads in shame

For illiteracy is really a shameful disease

Go to the doctor of books and be cured

 

Africa is not a country

But a continent

Our traits are different

Our languages different

Our tones are different

Our lives so different

Our cultures are different

Our geographical locations so different

Although most of us have the priceless black skin

 

Just go straight to the books

And learn what needs be

Be blinded not by racism

And labelling

Africa is a continent

And not a country

Let those who think themselves schooled

Go and be schooled again

Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014

 

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By amoafowaa

Just a simple Ghanaian trying to find the best in our society. I may be fun, I may be interesting, I may be funny, I may even be foolish or intelligent, but it is all based on the mood in which you find yourself. I believe our minds make us who we are. Know that, pain, no matter its 'unbearability', is transient. Unburden or delight yourself for a while in my writings please. And all corrections, advice and opinions are welcome. Know that you are the king, queen or royal on this blog. :)

32 replies on “LET ME TUTOR YOU ABOUT AFRICA”

I felt like a schoolgirl when reading this post. I can just imagine you one hand on the hip and the other hand with a finger moving up and down, and you sternly saying, “Let me tutor you about Africa”. Great post! May I be excused, please? 🙂

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It’s sad that Africa is sometimes portrayed as one place, one culture, when in fact, it is a rich tapestry of different cultures, languages, and people. Wonderful post, Cecelia. 🙂

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Thank you Rob. And the people who are supposed to know do the portrayal. Sometimes I shiver when I try to get into their schooled thoughts. But what do we do, we just have to keep reminding them to turn to their books.

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I think all these media houses should get reps from all the continents of the world who are well vexed and familiar with their environment. Then they can be free of these serious blunders and save their faces from the land of ignoramuses.

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It has. But there are 54 countries and even within countries, there are several cultures with several languages. Ghana has so many languages, over 40 but I speak only 2 of the lot and struggle with one. There are so many cultures that you may fail a course on Ghanaian culture if you do it in two semesters. That is how dense it is.

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It is. I think there are 42 languages if I am not mistaken. People just see Africa and not different people with different cultures. Rajiv, unless you read well about people, you will never know and not knowing, one must just shut up in order not to be an ignoramus.

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