Godwin Henry Osaigbovo Biography

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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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We make war
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On Independence Day
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Created in the image of Òrisa 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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