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Ayomide Inufin D’great – Q
Q
The news of scarcity became a nuisance,
how the cry of my people echoes like sweet songs of grievance,
good people, great nation;
bad heads, failed statements,
human...
Ayomide Inufin D’great – BADAGRY IS A MEMORY OF A LOST People
BADAGRY IS A MEMORY OF A LOST PEOPLE
how much more can history get pathetic?
Culture dies every time a body thuds &
it's being thrown into...
Membis Okorie Chukwukamma – Space and Peace
SPACE AND PEACE By MEMBIS OKORIE CHUKWUKAMMA
I had to run alot of races
To be where I am now
Had to go to a lot of...
Ayomide Inufin D’great – Murderland
Murderland - Ayomide Inufin D'great
The land is green,
too green to incubate into maturity,
a beauty to behold held in abject travesty;
the theater where dreams die...
Ayomide Inufin D’great – Behind A Successful Woman is Her Back...
BEHIND A SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS HER BACK LIKE HUNCH
a wake up call from cultural slumber,
eyes opened to unveil her hidden hamper,
out of the cage...
Kenneth Oodee – Suicide Ode To Hate
ODE TO HATE by KENNETH OODEE
Oh! my dear friend,
From this beginning, we chose to end
On this lonely night of daylight
The darkness...
Kenneth Oodee – Suicide
SUICIDE by KENNETH OODEE
The world will offend you
Friends will betray you
Love will break you
Hate will Isolate you
Family will reject you...
Kenneth Oodee – Afrikaner
THE AFRIKANER by KENNETH OODEE
He posed in his vintage
With a cultural heritage
Messages from his unspoken adage
In fela trouser, he walked the...
Kenneth Oodee – Chimamanda
CHIMAMANDA BY KENNETH OODEE
It was almost midnight
A lantern was their source of light
Chimamanda carried her six children
from their home, they were...
Ayomide Inufin D’great – Modafoka
MODAFOKA
This is the omega of grief that comes with a pound of relief; of emotions and feelings drowned in the ocean of belief; that...