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AFRICA NEEDS A FATHER A Special Salute to African Sailors and Fathers on the High Seas Dedicated to All Fathers 💪❤️

AFRICA NEEDS A FATHER —

A Special Salute to African Sailors and Fathers on the High Seas
Dedicated to All Fathers 💪❤️

Father! Oh fathers!
Fearless in devotion, standing tall at all times
Faithful like a compass, guiding us through storms and calm
Forever in our hearts, their love will reside
Filling our lives with laughter, tears and pride

Father! Oh fathers!
Fierce like fire when correcting their own
Yet tender in tone, a soft place to fall when the world turns cold
Fiery in their protection, standing between us and danger
Fearless in the face of challenges, never known to surrender

Father! Oh fathers!
Focused on their families, working hard every single day
Furnishing a future with their own sweat and sacrifice
Forever grateful, we salute their strength and presence
Faithful as a guardian, lighting the way even in silence

Father! Oh fathers!
Fixed like furniture in the home
Filling our lives with joy and anchoring our hearts
A rare gem they are
A treasure so bright
Forever in our hearts, their love will never depart

To our African fathers, especially those on the high seas this is for you.

You are more than seafarers.
You are anchors to your homes.
You are beacons of light to your children.
Even when you're far from land, your love reaches like the tide.

Africa needs a father.
Africa needs you.

Africa needs fathers who are emotionally available
Who are mentally present and spiritually strong
Fathers who raise daughters with dignity
Who teach sons that manhood is measured in love, not silence
Fathers who protect not just with hands but with heart

Too many girls walk the streets unguarded
Because their fathers are missing not by choice but by circumstance
We’ve lost too many young dads to stress, to struggle, to silent pain
Trying to make ends meet, fighting every day to keep their families afloat
Sailors on ships, drifting far from their loved ones, carrying a weight they cannot name

And yet, you endure

Even when the ocean roars and the wind is against you
Even when your back aches and your soul is tired
You think of home
You think of your children’s laughter
You think of your wife’s smile
You keep going

Africa is full of grandmothers
But the number of grandfathers is fading
Not just because of age
But because our men are being worn down physically, emotionally, spiritually
By the pressures of being strong
By the silence that says men don’t cry
By expectations that forget they are human too

But today, we remember
Today, we honour
Today, we raise our voices and say:

Africa needs its fathers alive
Africa needs its fathers whole
Africa needs fathers who will raise children, not just provide for them
Fathers who will guide not only with words, but with presence
Fathers like you

To every sailor sailing under the African sun
To every father on the high seas
To every man whose heart beats for his home
We see you
We thank you
We need you

Father in heaven, bless our fathers on earth
Give them strength for the storm
Peace in the journey
And love that overflows
Keep them safe as they sail
And bring them back to smiling faces and warm embraces

Happy Father’s Day to you all
Africa salutes her fathers
Africa sails stronger because of you.

From yours Truly 

ENGR CHARLES DAVID

PRESIDENT JOS360 BUSINESS HUB

DUKE OF JOS

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