Adua! – Adewale Sobowale

On this land whereWe never earned,Yet, given were weBenefits aplenty! Afore then, despiteNot being right,In coming in, weWere relatively forgiven! Treated were weLike human beings,Given human rightsWithout a fight! Our eleda pray!Our children pray!Our wombs pray!Man and woman pray! This land is blessed!May it be repeated!This land is productive!May it be continued! Kosekose,Ni t’ilakose!Ile yi…

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Concrete jungles! – Adewale Sobowale

Ajegunle – with unlivable, ramshackle palaces, kids playing in cesspits, since the place lacks, even, simplest of amenities – remains a banter, where our new jungle cities are! Even the dead, dead as dodo, get deprived of eternal rest or unrest, graveyards must be reclaimed, and give way to skyscrapers! Sleeping waters are woken, reclamation…

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My People! – Adewale Sobowale

Pikin never waka,E yarn say,Im papa farm,Na im reach pass. Wen e don wakaReach, e come sabi,Say de peopleWey dey rule us. Dem be baba nla,For lie lie.Wetin dem deyDo sef?Na baba nla,For jibitiPlus Wayo. Cunny man die,Wayo manBury am-Two jam four. Dem dey collectBig big money.Dem dey use am,Do Ajala travel. Upon wetin?Dem dey…

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Komu Komu! – Adewale Sobowale

Aren’t we allin birthday suits?Adam and Eve were luckythey were covered with leaves!Our own privacy is nakedness! We go aboutrunning from pillar to post,yet hardly findingtrue meaning of our beings! Would it be right to say,All men are equal?An emphatic no!Equality of manis but an ideal.Men,through actions and inactionsare making it unidealisticand unfeasible! Is there…

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