Africa’s Plea
Don’t preserve my customs
As some fine curios
To suit some white historian’s
tastes.
There’s nothing artificial
That beats the natural way
In culture and ideals of life.
Let me play with the whiteman’s
ways
Let me work with the blackman’s
brains
Let my affairs themselves sort
out.
Then in sweet rebirth
I’ll rise a better man
Not ashamed to face the
world.
Dennis Chukude Osadebay
Africa Sings, 1952
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