The African Brain
Brain is gain
Yet much brain drain!
Even in the rain
Without much pain
From the tropical rain
Forest to the temperate plain
To produce all but grain
For the dying in pain
Abandoned in the rain.
Brain is gain
If all brains would gain
From brain gain
Yet One trains
Another gains
The former complains
Legitimately and painfully
The latter explains
Shamelessly and gainfully.
No one to listen: no brain?
No one to act: bad brain?
No one to fix: old brain?
No one to tend: young brain?
Oh African brain
Where is your brain?
Train and retain
Every African brain
If you want to bring back your gain.
Oh African brain
Where is your brain?
Train and retain
Every African brain
If you want to remove your pain.
Oh African brain
Where is your brain?
Train and retain
Every African brain
If you want to plough your plain
And fly your plane.
Oh African brain
Where is your brain?
Train and retain
Every African brain
If you want to restore your gain
Making the most of the rain
Bringing forth much grain
To nourish every brain
And kill every pain
Train and retain every African brain.
Alfred K. Njamnshi, MD, MA, DMS, FMH
