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Joseph Oladehinde Ibikunle
Joseph Oladehinde Ibikunle
[Oladehinde Ibikunle] (31 of July 1988 / Alagbado, Lagos.)
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Joseph Oladehinde Ibikunle Poems
- Father Africa Father Africa! At a token ignorance, You have...
- At The Worship Of Poetry Thou, who hath the spirit of poetry;...
- Mortal Me (What The Body Says ...
- Deeds Of The Just He tries not to meditate evils Nor with ...
- Ode To Our Rulers Like these innocent children, We gathered...
- Euphony Of Myself The eulogy of my spirit Which is the ...
- He Made Them Twain The earth and the sky He made them ...
Oladehinde IBIKUNLE
Born: Oladehinde Oluwatobi Joseph IBIKUNLE
July 31,1988
Occupation: Teacher, poet and playwright
State of Origin: Ogun state
Nationality: Nigerian more »
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'''Even death, terror and sorrow, I assume, are all glaring signs of our ephemerality'''
Oladehinde Ibikunle. Culled from Song of a Bard
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''Do not be decieved, you are not worthless for having empty pocket; a worthless person is him who has empty head''
Oladehinde Ibikunle,2012
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''We should let our affections pull down the barricades of ethnicity and religions if we are to live as humane humans.''
From the poet's comment in support of Chukwuma Ndububa point on a discourse.
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Father Africa
Father Africa! At a token ignorance,
You have given your inheritance:
To strangers you gave so much.
White fellows who did not eat in our dish.
Behold, with some sham laughter,
They transacted for few daughters;
They brought clothes and rums and guns
To shackle away your sons.
Father Africa, foolish you!
Lo! See Mama Africa's cry
Her hapless tears can not dry
On her beautiful black dimples.
Oh Africa, chaos ripples.
See your sons brutally unfair
Taking hostage His own kin at warfare,
Selling them at ludicrous token.
Oh Africa, your woes...
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