1. AFRICA’S PLEA
by Roland Tombekai Dempster

2. I am not you –
but you will not
give me a chance,
will not let me be
me.

3. If I were you –
but you know
I am not you,
Yet you will not
let me be me.

4. You meddle,
interfere
in my affairs
as if they were
yours
and you were me.

5. You are unfair,
unwise
foolish to think
that I can be you,
talk, act
and think like you.

6. God made me
me.
He made you
you.
For God’s sake
Let me be me.

7. Task:
Present a POETRY PERFORMANCE based on
“Africa’s Plea”
Guidelines:
6.3-4 members per group
7.You can make use of any props as visual aid