WHO BUILT NIGERIA: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Let me inquire from Nigeria Why she had been broken From the ridge of slavery, And had to be buried In the sepulcher of her fertility? Who built Nigeria? What...
SPARE THE VIRGINS: Benjamin Elemide
Let virgins be drunk With gins of truth; As lies intoxicate thousands In pairing with deflowered souls. Stab them in front With customized fonts That they may be saved From...
LET ME DIE: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
What if my words drag me Into that jungle of forgotten souls And my intuition is clinched upon the castigated tree, Would you drown in sympathy? What if my fortitude...
ÀṢÀ : Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Àṣà! The mouth piece of our fathers, Why have you been a coward Who ran away humiliated and pale? This valley now belongs to a stranger, Haven't you been abused...
SONNET TO KOLANUT
The colour of peace The ancestral dream Our liturgy and shrines No! fossil is out of it. The togetherness of our nation Lies under that pieces of this sacred fruit...
WITHOUT THE BLACKS
We are Africans, the blacks, The integral part of your existence The origin of arts and innovations, Importers of your imaginations Blessed are the blacks unborn. Without The Blacks, Who...
AFRICA CALLING by Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor
London is calling Mississippi, Amsterdam, Berlin, Mumbai, China and Moscow I hear the snow there is as white as the heavens And the walls of China double the lips of...
DONT CARE: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
Let them speak as they’ve chosen to They have mouth Let them say whatever they like. Freedom is theirs. They say you’re darker than bitumen And compare you to the...
MOTHER AFRICA
Mother Africa, For how long will you carry this burden? Your pried tongue ate the venom of foreigners And you battle the pain privately Oh Mother Africa, The best way...
OUR ARTIFICIAL AFRICA
~ Kweku Atta Crayon