In Africa, their discussions on tribal marriages and what they imply. In Africa, the honest people want to make sure, that their daughters are not considered as slave. In Africa, they do not want to sell their daughters in exchange of money.

There are times you travel. You want to stay in the country you have travelled to. You want to do something for the country you have travelled to and that can help you build a solid network.

This is my newest poem and it pictures a people in need of urgent transformation. Having been deprieved of that by successive leaders, they look in anticipation of a new beginning at the next person at the helm of affairs in their life. This poem is a metaphor of present day Nigeria.

In Africa, when someone leaves his job that is what they tell him: You are no longer. Africa is an agriculture country. It means that the populations still struggles at school and to keep a job in the private or public sector.

Lions guard and protect their pride from attacks. Mother lions suckle their young and at puberty the males are thrown out after bloody battles and are forced to establish their own pride.

Years in African language means childhood. Africans welcome young children, because they can teach them easily the African traditions. Africans do not put too much fat in their food for example.

My mother is my heart. I love her with all of my soul.

Somebody needs to start caring about the actions that they take and the choices they make. They may not seem directed at anyone in particular, but everyone is paying for it.

I love my mother land and this is for her……

Poetry by Lennard Pierson about how we in America see but do not really know the cruel world of violence and starvation.