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TELL IT TO THE MOUNTAINS (A POEM BY EMMIASKY OJEX)
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TELL IT TO THE MOUNTAINS (A POEM BY EMMIASKY OJEX)

Emmiasky OjexMay 19, 2019May 19, 2019

Tell it to the mountains // tell it out loud that the world might hear // Wax up the steep and rugged hills, journey the valleys and fountains // tell them! oh tell them now that they are near

I AM JUST A BOY, I AM NOT A BURDEN (AN ESSAY BY JOHN CHIZOBA VINCENT)
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I AM JUST A BOY, I AM NOT A BURDEN (AN ESSAY BY JOHN CHIZOBA VINCENT)

John Chizoba VincentMay 19, 2019August 3, 2020

So, are boys really a ‘special’ burden to raise? Is Life itself is a lot of work. Is parenting itself is a lot of work. Is raising girls also not a lot of work? What useful thing in this world does not require lots of work? Why just boys? Why not children?

MY SWEET LITTLE COURAGE
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MY SWEET LITTLE COURAGE

Agbalokwu ChibuikeNovember 11, 2017
Nche did not bother bantering with the pupils lining his path. The gutter surrounding Santa Maria Church was already littered by pupils with their lunch packs, eating and japing. The...
MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi
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MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi

Adedokun SeyiSeptember 10, 2017
I am my own chariot and warrior Winning battles without collecting enemies' lots It is queasy If my quiver is full of breathless warriors What sound of gong is sweet...
MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi
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MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi

Adedokun SeyiSeptember 3, 2017
I am my own chariot and warrior Winning battles without collecting enemies' lots It is queasy If my quiver is full of breathless warriors What sound of gong is sweet...
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BOYS OF SHATTERED DREAMS by Jonathan Otamere Endurance

Jonathan Otamere EnduranceFebruary 24, 2017July 15, 2017
after Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau’s “For boys who went' For Boys of Shattered Dreams... Their bones fragment on earth's closure Like the punctured walls of Borno — A preposition of dreams...
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ABIKU by Abdulsalam Jamiu B

Abdulsalam Jamiu BApril 2, 2016July 16, 2017
You abiku ! Why do you come and go? Go! And bother no more my soul. Your ghost was here, Before I could pen your image, You blow off my...
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SOLDIERS OF THE STREET by Ebuka Wiz Godwin

Ebuka Wiz GodwinApril 2, 2016July 15, 2017
These barracks don’t favor civilians It’s for the un-blooded We don’t remember our mortality off-hand So we face guns and bombs empty handed The armory is our heart And the...
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WHEN, HOW, WHY? by Akinbode Israel

adminAugust 31, 2015July 22, 2017
The veins of our children, Lacked blood...dried pipes. Swimming in dehydrated waters, Dripping in sweats of shame. The eyes of our children, Lids are glued...scary sights seen, Their eyes have...
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O CHILD! MAY 27TH by Caleb Agboola Fabiyi

adminMay 27, 2015July 22, 2017
O child, our hope and our joy, Don't play with your life like toy, Whether you're a girl or a boy, Allow no one, your future, to destroy! O child,...

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