Category Archives: Africa

Child trafficking and chocolate

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The big boys joys Are many The Nestle’s of this world MARS KRAFT CARGILL Corporatocracy Unfurled Africa West Africa Is indeed a melting pot Where buyers based in Abidjan Are earning such a lot The tragedy child slavery Trafficking its … Continue reading →

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Musiara the baby elephant

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Rex Tyler

In January a baby Was found a mystery As to why the herd had left him Such a tragedy Covered in dry mud and weak He had been seen by air And he was flown to Nairobi On a drip … Continue reading →

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Infested slime

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Rex Tyler

They are crimes against humanity Bleeding our water dry Rivers lakes and aquifers The question I ask why? People in water scarce areas Scratching in the dust Drinking polluted water Dont you feel disgust? So a land baron in Texas … Continue reading →

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Nyirmacibiri( the lone women who lived on the mountain)

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Her inclination was to serve With a penchant for those who Were known to be the voiceless tribes Receptive through and through She had the enthusiasm and the dedication And she Was one of the so called “trimates” Louis Leakey’s … Continue reading →

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Gender equality Rwanda and elsewhere

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

After the genocide The burden for all Survivors demanded And essential tool The heart and the soul of a nation To be Brought closer together For eternity Women those widowed And mentally stressed Within their pure gender Were always on … Continue reading →

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Africa’s problem with Lions and human encroachment

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Space a specific area A true locality A vastness where wild animals Have lived and have felt free But now we see true conflict With human beings who Also use the precious land And want to live there too Agricultural … Continue reading →

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Trump and the trophies

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Rex Tyler

We know his sons are hunters And elephants they have killed No doubt the lobbying power is there For all the blood thats spilled Overstepping the mark though Transgression of this type It was a vile intrusion A really ugly … Continue reading →

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We are all its victims somewhere down the line

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The unscrupulousness and opportunism Of the ape smugglers who use The vile palm oil destruction And tragically refuse To realise their artfulness Their crookedness their shame For getting mixed up in illicit wildlife As if it was a game Ofcourse … Continue reading →

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Jane

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Enduring undying Eternal is she A genuine attested women And free Of what was a rampant sexism Which took many to task but for her was a hook She managed to overcome With Her mothers power And Her mothers commitment … Continue reading →

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Patrick Kilonzo

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Rex Tyler

To have that disposition that inclination for Wild animals whom are suffering Who he never would ignore A man,a proper hero ungrudgingly displays Makes it his self-appointed task And a foundation lays Unasked and unbidden volantarily Hired a truck filled … Continue reading →

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Elephant rides

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Empty headed moronic keepers And management who feel The need to put sales figures first Not elephants who conceal Who suffer really daily As tourists come along To buy a ride if its denied This practice is so wrong Elephants … Continue reading →

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A chimpanzee has made her plea

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Us chimpanzee’s Live in the trees Thats of course until You want your soft white toilet paper Or palm oil Then the thrill For all of you Sweet humans With The forest our delight But you employ the loggers And … Continue reading →

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Exporting elephants to far off countries

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Really we’re all guilty Even those who say On facebook they are helping Most look the other way Post our comments freely And go to bed at night As more and more young elephants Lose their right to light Stolen … Continue reading →

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Killamanjaro

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Kilimanjaro that mountain’s still angry Its humerals smoking Its glaciars too We still see the white summit Tussock grass and tree heathers Faery land cloud forests Groundsels Yea too Wild dogs in packs there Vultures a flying Bone breaking raptors … Continue reading →

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“Big cow” The Cape Buffalo

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Intellect and consciousness Nature’s guru who Understands the world of Natural living Very few men could even contemplate The knowledge they possess Their power of thought Deliberative But so put out by stress Lindsay Hunt was a hunter A killer … Continue reading →

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Bushmeat

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Its deep seated in the culture In the tradition of a place In Africa it is illegal And these days a disgrace Wild and feral animals The sick ones too can be Victims in the killing Which is why now … Continue reading →

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Kabwe ZAMBIA

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Rex Tyler

In all of Africa and elsewhere A more toxic place there is none where Lead and zinc were mined away And from the tailings people pay Generations of children took Black mountain’s slag It kind of shook Their very being … Continue reading →

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The chocolate Industry needs more policing

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Rex Tyler

83 billion dollars Is the turnover each year From the chocolate business And that is very clear Most cacao comes from Africa The Ivory Coast to where Most of the corporate buyers go And it just does not feel fair … Continue reading →

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Not all children love chocolate

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Rex Tyler

To the Harkin Engle Protocol This world did nail its sails The idea was to safeguard children Coming off the rails AFrica the Ivory coast NIger and Mali BUrkino Faso, Togo and Benin All places where you might see Children … Continue reading →

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Hunter man

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The philosophy of existence Where Every species has its place Enduring and perpetual Surviving in the face Of genuine creation Attested and fulfilled Essental and purposeful In essence all instilled With feelings and with spirit With a tendency to be … Continue reading →

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Ubari sand sea

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Rex Tyler

AFrica’s enormous desert The saharan scene THe ubari sand sea Pyramids Vast sand dunes have always been Rising upwards artistically Casting their shadows wide Tempting the Swallows from nigeria Really to come in side 1200 miles of flapping widely Brought … Continue reading →

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Gugu and Impy and the Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

A orphanage was raided By two armed men And they raped a women Killed two baby Rhino’s On that day Gugu died immediately IMpy sadly he Had to then be euthanised Which was tragically The worse thing that could Have … Continue reading →

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The great migration

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Fresh water and green grass To taste the verdure of the day Its what commands respect in Wilderbeest Whose real dismay The herds emaciated from the numbers Starving where The need and thrust Is to travel through the African dust … Continue reading →

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Anamalia

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Rex Tyler

We must come to terms with reality For there is no other way We must look hard at the animals Of Africa and say Their loss is clearly our gain And our gain has to be At their loss thats … Continue reading →

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UGANDA and its iconic elephants

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Rex Tyler

THere was a time when 60,000 Elephants roamed Uganda Not so long ago in real terms They The architects of the environment Able to sustain All the other animals With everything to gain From their footprint Then agriculture raised its … Continue reading →

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The story of the table grapes

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Rex Tyler

A cock crows Its the semblance of a reality That was Where human shadows gather In the great land of the dust Waiting there or getting On the try Thats there to bust The spirit and the vigour The responsiveness … Continue reading →

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Whose a handsome boy then?

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Rex Tyler

A joyful disposition A euphoria for life Fulfilment every single day Each excursion sees no strife Blessed by the almighty Confident and strong No reason to grumble Serenity and song A youth with such high spirits Elevated by The irrepressible … Continue reading →

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Naivasha just 100 KM from Nairobi

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The second largest fresh water lake In Africa 250 sq miles and its cold Just 15 metres deep The Rift valley if we leap Backwards BOAC flights Were sold And Would land here From 1937 for 13 years They landed … Continue reading →

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E Jiao (Donkey hide gelatin)

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Rex Tyler

TRaditional Chinese Medicine Creates victims everywhere Millions face the good old chop And hours of true despair The donkeys for example A gentle soul they be A fact of life undeniably Whose possibility Has been to work and laboured long … Continue reading →

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A sad little story of eli chops who lost his dear mama

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Often children lag behind We see it everywhere And eli chops was no exception His poor mum did despair Whenever she was with him Wherever they would go Her inquisitive little soldier boy Was So much in the flow Of … Continue reading →

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