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!
Tag: Religion
THANK YOU, CHURCH by Stefn Sylvester Anyatonwu
I was hungry and you formed a committee and you discussed my hunger and you paid yourselves to talk about my hunger. Thank you. I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your churches and piously pray for my release. Thank you. I was naked and in your gatherings you debated the morality of… Continue reading THANK YOU, CHURCH by Stefn Sylvester Anyatonwu
AM I A WITCH? (part 2)
They take me to the front of the house where everybody is waiting. They tie me to a big stick. They start praying. Everybody says amen. The prayer and the ‘amen’ sound like music that they all enjoy. I don’t enjoy it. It is what took place before Onome was burnt. Now, I am afraid… Continue reading AM I A WITCH? (part 2)
SWEET IS THY WORD by Victor Olise
Sweet is the work of my God to praise thy name; spread thy word abroad, give thanks and sing… To show thy love by morning light and talk of all thy truths at night. Sweet is the day; when we shall rest, No mortal care shall stop my joy My heart in tune it shall… Continue reading SWEET IS THY WORD by Victor Olise
DEVIL’S ADVOCATE by Abel Adive
There’s a devil called the third leg There’s an evil that lurks the deepest of mindset It’s Luciferic Says the priest It’s Angelic Says my inner beast Go Abel!, Go Abel!! Go Abel!!! The clap of insatiability It’s the beacon of hell The Altar warns of calamity Why must the desires be tamed? Why can’t… Continue reading DEVIL’S ADVOCATE by Abel Adive
WHAT DO WE DO by Esther Oyebode
When death takes us yonder, and we see that it was not as we dreamt; when life’s breath still made us tweak, what would we do? When we find out that heaven and hell was the old wife’s tale to make us morally upright, and reward and punishment ends while we lived, what would we… Continue reading WHAT DO WE DO by Esther Oyebode
UTOPIAN SYMPHONY by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
Open your mouths let your tongues taste the morning dew’s, farm fresh from heaven’s dock let it kiss your lips with its misty chill, so your charred rims would come alive again permit it soothe your pores, allow it drench your cores, and pierce your souls, darkened by the new demons of social heresy breathe… Continue reading UTOPIAN SYMPHONY by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
ON BENDED KNEES by Stanley Egeonu
When your strength is exhausted And your spirit is strapped of vigour… When you can no longer stand the ‘shaking’ And the horrors of life cause you to suffer bruxism… When your nose is put out of joint By the fists of fury and judgment… When you can no longer stand to fight And defend… Continue reading ON BENDED KNEES by Stanley Egeonu
TITHE OR BE TIGHT by Olowohunwa Emmanuel
He complains his earnings are too tight So he can’t pay his tithe And as the week runs by, he runs into a financial fight Now he can’t afford a flight Now he cries to Christ Please make my yoke light But by nature, that is always the plight Of the man who can’t pay… Continue reading TITHE OR BE TIGHT by Olowohunwa Emmanuel
EVEN THE HEAVENS CRIED by Stanley Egeonu
Do you know even the heavens cried When your heart was hurt and pained When you fought, lost and again tried, Your garment torn and blood stained? Do you know He supplied grace As he watched you climb and strive Yes, when you almost quit the race He did give you the needed drive When… Continue reading EVEN THE HEAVENS CRIED by Stanley Egeonu