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This is for those who love to dream and to immerse yourself in change  Warning long post ahead 😎😎 Drum beats 🥁🥁 Africa! Africa! Can you hear me Africa! The sound of that name always puts a cheer on my face. A sound memory of the famous stand-up comedy by Jamie Foxx He cracks the audience up by sensationally describing Africa! He seemed dazzled by Africa's wildlife, scenery and the beautiful, cultured, sophisticated,  Women of this continent!  This however, isn't about the laughing voices, this  is a small piece i have written dedicating it to the people of Africa. Challenging our leaders and hoping for a better day when the beautiful sun rises.   I live in Africa, a huge country as the world sees it and yet we are so diverse and unique in so many ways.  This is a place where time is limitless, a horizon that is full of hopes and dreams. We compose the tic-toc of time, the never ending struggles of being available. The presence of humanity ...

Photo Courtesy of  Culanth Escape from Blood Diamond "This is dark, but this is survival," he said. He dug deep found the pearl among the swine. But they found him, hidden amongst the thicket, glazed with dust and sprinkled water. Stranger in their eyes, he clasped his jewel in the palm of his hands, held onto it, like “manna” in the desert. Boa, stared right beneath their stare and saw the green look in their eyes. He knew he would be isolated, made into an alien in his own village. He saw the Bullets of war, polished with raw blood, sparkling in the dusty roads. Bruised bodies, emerging from the ground. The ground of riches, the earth of diamonds. Their fingers dripping with blood, diamonds clasped tightly in their arms. The crystal left them with broken arms, plunging faces coated with thin bones edging into their dusty skin. Boa knew he was next, to be hit hard with steel-iron, fired with greed. He swore to them he had nothing, tears curvi...