Come and see American wonder, By Owei Lakemfa

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Come and see American wonder, By Owei Lakemfa

Trump is a product of American democracy; the American electorate has to live with its choice, may be for the next four years. Africans say if you give birth to a problem-child, you have to take responsibility for him. Americans have the duty to rein in Trump before he does incalculable damage to both the […]

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