Will Freedom Be Free?
Freedom is a an African youth
Enrolled in the school
Of hard knocks.
He doesn’t know about the university
But knows the rules of the universe.
All he knows about democracy
What Clara has said to him.
And again he has seen the people vote
And has observed Presidents take oath.
Freedom was all hopeful one day
When Clara told
Him to hold
On, because most of the African Leaders
Have studied the universe
In the best universities.
Yes we can hold on as the world
Becomes a better place
He said with high hopes
Of an ignorant youth.
Freedom heard about Harvard, Stanford
Leeds and so on for the first time
And nodded his head with a big smile.
Freedom was so disappointed
One day
When a debate on TV
Proved that the leaders
Are taking Orders
From the out side.
It sounded like a fiction to him
Freedom went wild on the streets
Asking about his chances in life
As an African youth twenty
One and growing.
Mr. President.
Where were you When your
Comrades Overseas were
Achieving for their people?
Oxford, Harvard or Leeds?
I hear they are the best in the world
Why can't you save the people from
The hustles?
Why can’t you ease the frustration
And desperations of the youth?
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poem by Aziz Baako
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