P.O.C Umeh
Ambassadors of Poverty by P.O.C Umeh: Themes, Literary Devices, Tone, Diction and Context
(toc) #title= (Table of Content) Introduction "Ambassadors of Poverty" by P.O.C Umeh is a powerful poem that…
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Analysis of Helon Habila’s “Love Poems” Prison Stories
Helon Habila’s “Love Poems” Prison Stories Prison Stories contains short stories about life in a brutal Nigerian state…
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In Our Own Voice by Julia Okoh.
Introduction In Our Own Voice by Julia Okoh. It is a collection of essays and speeches written by Okoh, a prominent Ni…
Syl Cheney-Coker
Poem for a Lost Lover by Syl Cheney-Coker
Eyes of heavenly essence, O breasts of the purity of breasts Russian sapphire of the blue of eyes O wine that mellows…
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Testament by Amadou Elimane Kane
I will weave for you, Astou, my princess A lappa of rays in the depths of my calabash, And dig in the most creative c…
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And If You Should Leave Me by Ben Okri
And if you should leave me I would say that the ghost Of Cassandra Has passed through My eyes I would say that the st…
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On Edge of Time Future by Ben Okri
I remember the history well: The soldiers and politicians emerged With briefcases and guns And celebrations on city n…
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An African Elegy by Ben Okri
We are the miracles that God made To taste the bitter fruit of Time. We are precious. And one day our suffering Will …
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The Incandescence of the Wind by Ben Okri
The incandescence of the wind bothers me in this vineyard. Is there a searing clarity about the noises rising daily f…
Odia Ofeimun
Break Me Out by Odia Ofeimun
Away from the sweated faces the grimy masks of harried lovers who forget their vows sucked into the battled frenzy of…
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A Gong (for Miriam Makeba) by Odia Ofeimun
Your voice awakens the agony of brothers drowned in their skokiaan tins of pain The naked virgin from your limpid moo…
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Let Them Choose Paths by Odia ofeimun
They choose paths who think there are paths to choose, They make banners and float our next republic. They scour the …
Niyi Osundare
Not Standing Still by Niyi Osundare
I grew weary of the tyranny of water and spat in the sea I grew wary of the power of the sun and lit candles at noon A …
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A Nib in the Pond by Niyi Osundare
We read your lines opening up the earth like a book of paths hear your voice melting the wax of a thousand seasons Yo…
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Like the Bee (after Francis Bacon) by Niyi Osundare
Not like the spider draping crowded rooms in the wanton web of flimsy looms a welter of legs spinning silky bridges, …
Niyi Osundare
The Word by Niyi Osundare
is a pod quick with unspoken seeds exploding in the dry season of occasion is an egg broken, it spreads ungatherably …
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The Sand Seer by Niyi Osundare
Let your wandering fingers Trek in these sands And open up the vista To the mystery of time. You cast no nuts Fling n…
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Hidesong by Aig Higo
I struck tomorrow square in the face Yesterday groaned and said, ‘Please mind your steps today.’ I left them swimming…
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Ritual Murder by Aig Higo
No animals will live Rivers will be dry The rotund seal will snap Eager vultures will show The sacred spring is stain…
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Song at the African Middle Class (for Augustinho Neto) by Molara Ogundipe Leslie
we charge through the skies of disillusion, seeking the widening of eyes, we gaze at chaos, speak to deadened hearts an…