There are some things that you never imagine is possible-I never thought it possible that my dear sister, Morenikeji Oludotun Adepoju nee Agbaje would ever not be with us. ‘Keji as she insisted we call her, when everyone called their egbons ‘Sister’ or ‘Aunty’ was there when I was born and I assumed she would be there whenever I would leave this wicked world. She was my big sister, my only sister from our parents, the only female amongst us and fortunately, the oldest in our household. Read More
I SEE STELLA
I See Stella
Four decades, two years hence
I See Stella
Gently walking but stridently to class
Soft strides, stellar looks
Sober smiles, gentle beauty
Her burden, a test
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!”
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