Friday 2 September 2011

NEVER LIKE OUR ANCESTORS

As the new day welcomes the cockcrow
These footprints I saw
With their hells backing me
And humming, “We’re leaving,
Going away from Africa,
Running away from wars,
Our comprehension beclouded
Our nation mad in the darkness
And never like our ancestors”.

Segun Oyeniyi (2008) in Oguejiofor and Uduma (eds) CROSSROADS. Lagos. Apex Books Ltd.

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