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Obama's visit has exposed the hypocrisy with which Africans treat ‘Outcasts’ and the ‘big men’

In 1976 Richard Ntiru penned one of his famous poems: Introduction, in which he chided Africans over the manner we often view people. We judge people by what they put on and not for what they are, the title to us is more important than the person.  In the 3rd stanza, he wrote:

‘Society is a market stall

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