Orisagamu Ewa
Òrìṣàgámù ẹwà.
Ọmọ Aṣẹ́wélérì,
ọmọ Ọbalùfọ̀n ọmọ aṣorò ṣ’agemọ.
Ọmọ Ṣàgamu, Read More
Agba Osika
“Agbo ejo enikan da ejo…”
Kini owe omo kaaro oojire pe won? “…Agba osika!”
How is the 2023 Presidential Contest Evolving? (1)
The elections are still six months away, which is almost an eternity in a complicated and evolving political campaign.
The 2023 Contest-Tinubu, Atiku, Obi and Kwankwaso
The battleground formation is now more-or-less complete-barring intervening catastrophic events, Nigeria’s next president will be Read More
A Confused Mind
Buy and sell him like chattel
Trade him or her like cattle
Make him a mere commodity
His women an object of sexual pleasure
Degrade him and make him lose his self-worth
What does Black mean?
Black does not mean stupid
Unthinking, lacking focus and direction
Black does not mean undisciplined
Drifting, lazy, indolent
Lacking vision or self-control
Black does not mean unrestrained and wanton
Fictions, Prayers and Banners
Our flag shall be a symbol
That truth and justice reign?
Truth? Justice? Reign?
In peace…? Peace?
A banner without stain?
The stains of war, death, blood
Of graft and injustice
Nepotism, evil, inequality, inequity
Poverty and human suffering
The banner is badly stained.
In Brotherhood or in strife?
Nigeria, we hail thee, our own dear native land
Though tribes and tongues may differ, in brotherhood we stand?
We stand in brotherhood or in strife and conflict?
Are we united in peace and progress or disunited in crises and dysfunction?
Are we building free and equal citizens or a hierarchy of hegemons and the conquered?
Lords and serfs?
Compatriots and colonial subjects? Read More
Why?
Childhood memories, free and innocent
Of Sotu’s sawmills as playgrounds
Festivals. Agemo, masquerades, and rams head-butting Read More
Ode to the Father
Fatherhood is a gift from God.
A blessing from the most high. Then a choice from a grateful heart, following the example of The Father.