"For Alms Sake" is exactly the theme in Ecclesiate...

2008-04-07T13:09:00.000Z

"For Alms Sake" is exactly the theme in Ecclesiates 10:5 - 7
"There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: Fools are put in many high positions, while the wise occupy the low ones. I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves."
Africa is a paradox. So rich in wisdom, minerals and people, yet so poor. What causes such a disconnect between potential and production? It is attitude and that is what Edith exposes.
We STILL do not know who we are as a people. We choose the way of Esau, selling our birthrights for a meal, a bribe or a car. Our leaders have failed miserably in this regard and we as a people have failed to unite against such mediocrity. Africa is still searching for its own Eureka moment. It is only when we learn how to sacrifice that solutions will come. We keep on begging and begging for alms, pawning away our future. Do we ever stop to think how such an attitude mortagages away the future of our children?
Thank you, Edith Faalong, for your mosaic of words to create a picture of our state of affairs.

Wow--soyoung but already so mellow with the inner ...

2008-04-07T12:17:00.000Z

Wow--soyoung but already so mellow with the inner eye--each word weighed --chosen,caressed,--- crafted--with the deep pride of being African --sweet.By--bees knees

Well Done Edith, Keep is coming. Reading your poem...

2008-04-05T22:35:00.000Z

Well Done Edith, Keep is coming. Reading your poem was such a pleasure. Made me think seriously about the pros and cons of foreign aid.

Comments on One Ghana, One Voice: For Alms Sake - Edith Faalong

"For Alms Sake" is exactly the theme in Ecclesiate...

Wow--soyoung but already so mellow with the inner ...

Well Done Edith, Keep is coming. Reading your poem...