My Own! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Pinterest Seed of my troubled youth,I do praise you.For your resilience;And patience!Could have made,Ziĺlion dollar bales,But for fate,Which is affected by faith.If not for you,I would have wasted my youth.People said I should visitThe dibia, whether he willFind a solution to you,Being the you!But, ibi ori da’ni si,Ao gbodo fi tele!To ba w’Olodumare,A…

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Prophet Dikko! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Facebook Mallam Umaru Abdulrahman Dikko (1936 – 2014) was an adviser to Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s second Republic President. He was also the minister of transportation between1979 and 1983. He made some prophetic statements some of which had come and are still coming to light. When MKO was striving for the presidency, he was…

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Within Man! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Alamy Ese b’aja mole,Awo felefele bonu,Ko je a r’ikun,Aseni. Ceiling coversThe spaceFilmsy skinCovers attitudeOf the deceitful. You know I don’t have any apologies for delving into the archives to bring out some sayings in Yoruba. That is essentially because I have never pretended that I am no other than a Yoruba writing in…

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