I AM FROM Africa, and you also came from Africa, albeit generations before me. I bring you all masses of love from your original mother, Africa.

It is usual for the young, especially in Europe, to look at the old, including their parents, as if they are past it; as if they are ready to be buried and forgotten. Therefore, it is not surprising to me that other continents think of Mother Africa as hopeless and view Africans as permanently hungry.

Yes, there are hungry people in Africa. But there are also hungry people in Europe, and in every other continent, for that matter. And, yes, the proportion ...

 

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