Changing patterns

 The slogan now goes
With good governance
The good books opens for you
With democracy of prescription
You're lauded and praised
The model in Africa
The qualifier for the next release  

Good governance now a song
With lessons of Mobutu forgotten
Savimbis now history in archives
Though the darling of the west
The heroes of time
Conduit for the riches  

Africa evolving
With rebirth of the  concept
As if Nkurumah didn't envision it!
As if Nyerere didn’t live it!
AFRICA UNION KARIBU
Though mockery to  others
With Madagascar the first test  

The formula stark clear
Discard the spent forces
Mobutus and the like
Had outlived their value
And replacements a necessity
With the bowels of Africa still lavish
With gold and glittering diamonds  

With abundant oil on the  ocean shores
Emerging fortunes
The changing patterns
That never changes
The permanent interest their policy!