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The beauty of our race

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A short poem on the girl child in celebration of the International Day for the Girl Child  The beauty of our race  You are a girl The beauty of our race The hope in our face At your birth many were amazed The eyes that behold you sees beauty The mind that think you think endowment The strength of our race lies in you You are the African Girl child Not for your colour but for your value Not for who birth you But for your purpose on earth Not for your frame but your bold nature Driving away the Lion and Hyenas of our race Your hands are great In them lies amazing ideas, great industries And captains of industries You are a Girl, strong and courageous You are a Girl, the pillar of many generations…  You are, all life needs to be alive So build the, you in you Hold forth your purpose Stand on the heels of greatness Till you reign and trend on and on Poem written by Olabusola Olorunnowo. Thank you for your time on Ol

International Day For The Girl Child

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Happy International Day to every girl in the world! “You're a girl! You're strong, you're immaculate, you're smart, and you can do ANYTHING. It's in you!”  ―  Ifeoluwa Egbetade Tim McGraw reflected his love for the success of the girl-child in his song, “My Little Girl.”   A few of the lines in the lyrics are, “Chase your dreams but always know the road that will lead you home again. Go on, take on this world. But to me you know you will always be, my little girl” The girl child in Africa grows up with untapped resources and then she becomes dependent on friends and foes to define her. Many times we also get angry at the African society for how the society attends to the girl-child, but this is not always the case. We need to change the narrative by preparing the mind of the girl-child to embrace the beauty of her personality and the virtue, strength and potentials that comes with her nature. Today, I Olabusola aligns with the United