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Award winning poet, PA SHAKESPEARE, With his new poem AFRICANA has been able to win the hearts of members of The Pan African Movement. AFRICANA which is referred to as a World Class poem has had numerous Award Nomination this year and lots more...
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Created in the image of Γrisa and Olorun eleda
Visage brighter than Moremi's memories.
Gifted the body of a voluptuous goddess,
For fear, Mortal men trembled at her sight; "the Oye".
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It may not be a common site elsewhere in the world to see a 'mad' person roaming the streets and it's dumps, but it is a common sight for us here in Nigeria. I am almost certain that every adult Nigerian that has spent any significant amount of time in the country, has seen a Unclad mad person roaming the streets at least once. What comes to your mind when you see people like that? Are they conscious? Are they still in there; in their heads? Do they in anyway think like you do? Are they still even human anymore? Or has the person that previously occupied that body died from within?
Also sometimes, I wonder: Do people who come back from such have any idea how it felt to be 'mad'? Do they even remember the poo they did while 'mad'? Or was it just a blank; and their madness was just some sort of long glitch in their memory bank? Even in 'developed' regions of the world, certain human rights are suddenly stripped away from the mentally ill. They are immediately locked up for "their good and the good of everybody else". They are declared unfit to make decisions for themselves. This must show that they are not considered entirely human, almost the same way some people do not consider toddlers entirely human.
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Africana
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Award winning poet, PA SHAKESPEARE, With his new poem AFRICANA has been able to win the hearts of members of The Pan African Movement. AFRICANA which is referred to as a World Class poem has had numerous Award Nomination this year and lots more...
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AFRICANA
"Our forebears broke kolanuts And offered prayersTo the benevolent maker,
Whose name varied from one tribe to another.
They lived in peace and harmony."
This was way before
The meek white missionaries
Made landing on our shores.
Africana
They condemned our customs and traditions.
They said our ways were primitive.
So they burnt down our shrines
And in its stead,
They gave us their three C's.
(Christianity, civilization and commerce)
Africana
These white saviours, in their glowing white robes Baptised our forebears
In the name of the Father, his Son and his Holy Spirit.
Whilst our fore-elders learnt how to pray,
They formed a government,
And on our natural Resources they preyed.
Africana
Albeit their government lynched our forebears.
In the church,
Both the oppressed and their oppressors
Screamed amen.
From two conspicuous separated rows;
The salvation bringers occupied the front seats
The back seats, sanctified for the blacks.
And they said their God was impartial.
Africana
They captured, tortured and shipped
Our forebears to the americas.
To work their cane plantations,
Cotton fields, paddy fields, sugar plants.
The unfortunate ones, thrown overboard
To swim Frank's ocean.
Africana
And many centuries after their first landing.
The descendants of former slaves,
Rose from their slumber and fought for uhuru.
This freedom many willingly lay down their lives...
And when at last, they declared us independent,
Our struggle for survival begun.
Godwin Henry Osaigbovo Pa SHAKESPEARE
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