Do Africans Keep Pets?

They say that Africans have no pets

'An uncivilised lot, they are, the Africans –

Pets are adorable!'

But I beg to raise

The question about pets.

Africans really do have them

And they know how to treat them best.

Think of lice, fleas, jiggers – good ol' jiggers

They've been with us since …

Since time immemorial.

The White Man – he came, he went

But jiggers and kin in Africa he still left.

How would anyone with a sane mind

Assert that Africans have no animals of the kind?

Every kid in Africa has had two or three,

And they never will let them free.

Ask Kenyans, Ugandans, Ethiopians –

We've all had our share and care

Of these adorable pests!