SENSE … NONSENSE!

He sees everything "black" as bad

And sees everything "white" as good

Just like his mentor planned

He abandons his "pagan" name

For a "Christian" name

Praise the Lord! He has seen the light

She is not content with her "black" skin

So, she bleaches to be "white"

Skin cancer? Forget it!

Her hair she regards as "tense"

So, she has to "relax" it with dangerous chemicals

Oh! The side effects? But I still have to look beautiful, she squeals

His native tongue is for the “uneducated”

His colonial master's tongue for the "educated"

So, speak he must, broken English? Still, e sabe some

Eating his indigenous dishes with his fingers is "bush"

He is “civilised” so he must eat with cutlery

After all, his eyes has "opened"

Only the "unsophisticated" wear native attire

So, he being “chic”, he must wear suit and tie

Never mind he is uncomfortable in the blazing African sun

His marriage rites are "pagan". That's no marriage

So, he has to do "wedding". That's marriage

The cost? Don't worry, God will provide

His traditional religion?

Hey, don't go there. It is Satanic!

Just like his preacher says on Sundays

African! Be still and know

Sense … Nonsense!!!

san-kofa