What is happening to Igbo language and cultures and traditional religion? Do we allow it to go into extinction? Do we allow that as a nation? Everywhere is smelling white men, yes, everywhere!
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OSU by Ololade Akinlabi
Daughter of Osu, Our father is a prudent squanderer, Spends today prior tomorrow surfaces, ‘Tomorrow shall hold another blessing;’ Hitherto, tomorrow comes with barrenness. And the calabash was bountifully emptied, When rain rained yesterday; As it rained so baba swallowed. Hence, our throats nurtured deserts, Very thirsty, our eyes sang song of tears. Hence, Daina… Continue reading OSU by Ololade Akinlabi
1967 by Ololade Akinlabi
(About Nigeria civil war and it consequences) Yesterday was lost along our memorial path, It was the day we lost without defeat; We killed our sons as roasted chickens, They were bitterly sweet along the oesophagus. Today, we croaked our throats to vomit poisons, Poisonus poisons in yesterday’s meal. For we have forgotten not to… Continue reading 1967 by Ololade Akinlabi
AND NIGERIA BEGAT BIAFRA by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
With this stetho I hear her cry, with these eyes I see her kicks, her mother cries in labour, her birth is imminent who can hold it back? And the unborn daughter’s children await to make her lick their toes in worship should she allow the state and toll the path her mother had gone… Continue reading AND NIGERIA BEGAT BIAFRA by Eziudo Michael Nwachukwu
IFUNAYA by Ololade Akinlabi
Show me the path to your heart There, in it I will keep my trust Journey to your maiden Paradise An eternal reminiscence that lingers….. Even long after my eyes Are shut by the inevitable Spirit called death…. Grip me closer……. More closer, preventing the Evening breeze from penetrating Alien lust to our love…. We have… Continue reading IFUNAYA by Ololade Akinlabi
BEAUTY IN OUR DIFFERENCES by Adenopo Adesegun
THERE IS A WAR COMING: It isn’t a religious war Nor an ethnic war It is neither a tribal war Nor a war of a group It is however a war between those who value humanity and those who are selfish in their doings. It is a war between those who truly say the truth… Continue reading BEAUTY IN OUR DIFFERENCES by Adenopo Adesegun
AGUGUALA NA-ENWEGHI PEEJI NKE by Valentine Ozié Mbagu
O ruru otu mgbe ke peeji nke akụkọ ihe mere eme; Adị akụkọ ihe mere eme na-enweghị dịghị peeji nke, Uwa bi n’etiti nke ụmụ mmadụ; Na n’Eluigwe mere ụmụ mmadụ enweghị adị. Aguguala dị ka ọdi bụ elò di uto; Chakoo nke nsi ma unyi na ya amamihe, Ọ na-iota manyere venomous sagacity; Unu… Continue reading AGUGUALA NA-ENWEGHI PEEJI NKE by Valentine Ozié Mbagu
ADANMA! SHALL I WAIT
Adanma! Why do I dance To the cadence of your heart And entertain the chant From your soul? Nneka The hamlet princess Persisted in trapping my spirit Beneath snare of lusting desires. She desires to sense my palm Caressing her tense parts, She begs me each time dawn cracks To sing her a loving melodious… Continue reading ADANMA! SHALL I WAIT
LET’S COMMUNICATE
Come brothers, lets compare truths by crushing green zucchini leaves on green soaps and see how much of white lather foams in the middle of it; tell me if I speak of Gehenna or a nation, a nation restrained by the gonads struck to writhe in trauma. Lets cut this silence that unfolds like tumours… Continue reading LET’S COMMUNICATE
IJE UWA
Ije Uwa… The things we are leaving Are living in us… With our hands We ploughed our fields only To reap shame During planting… We toil in seasons Leaving our dreams to narrow At the pitiable stream Of our all fainting shadows Grasping our hoes… Dream left flying Earth kept drying Every man to his… Continue reading IJE UWA