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*The Verdant Showers of Gurara Falls, Niger State.
*The Wonders of Ekiti Countryside.
*Scammed at the Ancient Oba’s Palace, Idanre Hills.
*Exploring the Offerings of Kainji National Park.
*Exploring the Ngwo Caves of Enugu.

Africa is in me
By Tolu Akinyemi

Fill the sea with precious stones
Make it all mine to own
Rip Europe into two folds
bestow me a fold and a throne of gold
Promise me fame, with all lips on my name
I will not trade my skin, not for a day.

On the shores of this seas;
On the land of the southern sphere
I stand proud; Africa’s stalwart,
I soar high like a sea eagle
High above the sea's wrinkles

I’ve run on the streets;
An African child,
Amidst rows of sun-burnt mud huts
A thin strip about my loins.
I have played with loamy soil
Building domes without a scaffold.

I have fought in a thousand wars
fearlessly, with the strength
Of a Masai warrior.
My black skin glowing with the heat
A heavy spear in my proud fist.

I have combed the tropical bush
Welcoming romantic danger
In the eyes of a leopard.
I’ve greased the bumpy trunks
Of the mighty Iroko tree,
With the fat of the hide
Of the leopard I skinned

I have watched magical moonlight
hiding and seeking on my skin
I have bathed in enchanting sunset
As the end of the ageless Nile
Kisses the gold-tapered sky.

I have toiled this fruitful soil,
With the edge of my heirloom plow.
I have watched juicy maize shoots,
Springing from my mound,
Filling my soul with hope.
And I have eaten hope,
From the seeds that I sowed.

Africa is in me
I’m a trueborn to the skin.
Would curse that day I was born,
Were it on some other shore.

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