TA IYA by Ken Mamman
Yarinya yar matan You are a true child of your mama Kalonki kawai is a blessing to heart Darinya ki something I have never seen You embody true africaness in...
GATAN AREWA by Ken Mamman
Taka a hankali Most beautiful Yarinya yar north-side Sarautar ki is not what we see everyday Yours is in the zuciya They see you but can't look at you Your...
ALMAJIRI: THE HAUSA MALE by Theophilus ‘Femi Alawonde
The very day that Audu was born, his father said, 'I will not raise a son!' So the day he became five years, he was sent out admist his sisters'...
BEAUTY IN OUR DIFFERENCES by Adenopo Adesegun
THERE IS A WAR COMING: It isn't a religious war Nor an ethnic war It is neither a tribal war Nor a war of a group It is however a...
MY TUNANI by Kenneth Mamman Alli
Sitting down I look at sama da kasa All I see is a reflection of ur kyau And I wonder wa ya haliche ki You look like a goddess from...
LET’S COMMUNICATE
Come brothers, lets compare truths by crushing green zucchini leaves on green soaps and see how much of white lather foams in the middle of it; tell me if I...
GEJ’S NATIONAL COME-FRIENDS
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry GEJ'S National Come-Friends[/caption] The binding cords are strained And each of us is much pained... Hungry locusts parade our land As divided we chose to...
COLLARS AND TURBANS
[caption id="attachment_4365" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Collars And Turbans][/caption]The history books will remember this noble fight. They will weave a stirring tale of stout hearts And tell of loud voices that...
UNITY, NOT UNIONISM (a poem in Yoruba and English)
[caption id="attachment_4367" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Unity, Not Unionism][/caption]If you asked Ṣàngó to bless Okoro He would ask with rage of fire in his mouth Who is Okoro? If you asked...
A NATION WITH NO HOPE
[caption id="attachment_1540" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A Nation With No Hope[/caption] Our people have all lost hope, Life's game’s more than they can cope! The hopes of all have begun to falter:...