Dancing Naked! – Adewale Sobowale

The recent revelations of data harvesting by Cambridge Analytica have shown that, against all odds, Facebook is not a safe place. I an saying this because of people who place certain restrictions on people, their own people, getting to know some information which they consider vital. There are some who even make their friends inaccessible…

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6th finger! (A poem against lung cancer) – Adewale Sobowale

Suffering disappointment?Want an appointmetwith Eledumare‘cos you’ll be late! We all know you foughtwith long thoughtsyou might not be the winnerdon’t put your finger! In another cinder‘cos ’twill lingermight end in canceryou’re trying to buffer! When you finish your puff,are things less rough?As you finished feg,check your health! Of what use is your lossof those looniesand…

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Ta n mo! – Adewale Sobowale

I love Yoruba! I love the language because it is extra rich. When one studies Yoruba well, one will definitely not lack the sarcasm embedded in the language. I remember there used to be a television programme in the seventies and early eighties named ‘Ta n mo’. Ta n mo was a programme of riddles….

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Oriki! – Adewale Sobowale

People had been saying that if someone wanted to hear their oriki, they should attempt to swim in the murky, slime-infested waters of Nigerian politics. So, it’s been detected that the PDP contestant in the last presidential elections is not a Nigerian. I should have known, too! Anyone who sees this Buhari government as not…

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