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18 Africa’s Journey Africa, Your journey long and weary. How like the biblical child The children they have been, Trusting loving and welcoming, Yet your smile Your hospitable ways Your Achilles’ heel As you welcomed them – acare With circumspect because they Resembled not the ebony wood. But then, a visitor is a visitor Your best you gave But in your celebration He chained your hands, and today, from these shackles To free thyself remains The greatest blight, rearing its ugly Head in different shades … Yet it is known, It may take forever, but virtue In the end will win. ...

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