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Why I love Africa - the funny side!

"Do I love Africa?" written by Obinna Ihesiulo, Nigeria

Do I really love Africa?

Well, I may have to say I love Africa because it is not politically correct to say, "I don't love Africa".

If I love Africa it's not because of the political competence of our leaders or their honesty. Not because of their insatiable hunger for power or their brutal treatment of their citizens. Not because they are more accountable to their Western donors than they are to their fellow citizens or that their ears are more tuned to rebukes from richer countries than the plight of their people.

It is also not because they snatch money from the mouths of hungry children and destitute women to stash it away in foreign banks.

Forget problems Nevertheless, I love Africa for its long-suffering people.

If they had reacted to every injustice as quickly as Americans or Europeans do, we may not have been left with a continent worth living in.

I love Africa because its people never lose hope that things will get better someday.

I love Africa because Africans forget their problems very quickly, without which they would have turned the continent into one large institution for the mentally ill.

I also love Africa because people gather in large numbers to mourn with those who mourn and to rejoice with those who rejoice.

It's a continent where guiding, correcting and rebuking children is everybody's' task; a continent with green forests, clean rivers and air and undiscovered natural resources.

Oh yes, I do love Africa. 

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