540,000 Venezuelans get legal status in Columbia!

Photo credit: the Indian Express Columbia’s migration agency has announced that at least 540,000 Venezuelan migrants who are guardians to minors residing in the country will be given legal status. A destination of choice for millions of Venezuelans seeking to escape their country’s political and economic problems, Columbia is also a thoroughfare for those finding their…

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Caroffee! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: carobness Meet we did,Some sizing up!Like, I did you,Sweet, you said! Going, you didn’t,But, had to!Wanted, you really,Me to feel! Coffee did becomeWine for you,1759 for self! Inseparable we were,Such a sunny day,Great a’noon,Flowers we shot,Happy you were,Elated I was! Then withdrew you,Your cocoon into!Pains you suffered,Aeons ago, madeYou utterly unlovable! So lick…

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Abiku! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Freepik It’s everywhere,Over years,Not only political,Also is physical,Could be emotional,And, also mental,Baba nla philosophy! Like play, like play,Rag has become cloth,We never refused,Tattered clothes to wear! Seen as abomination,In lands that were,Kere si numberShamefully happenNow in Obodo! Scariest of crimesHappen with levity,Tani ma mu mi-We hold power! Housewives raped,Daughters kidnapped,Sons are drugging,Fathers are…

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