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Awolowo Poems - Poems about Awolowo


I Am of Oau
...Yes I am of the almighty Obafemi Awolowo University The alpha and omega of all other institutions No argument about that fact! I am of the almighty Obafemi Awolowo University Nobility runs in......

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Categories: awolowo, africa, celebration, environment, inspiration,
Form: I do not know?
No To Xenophobia
...HEAL THY SELF O WOUNDED AFRICA (no to XENOPHOBIA). Wake up a voice shouted You slept like a pregnant woman While the drum beat of my assagil sounds like trumpet Wit......

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Categories: awolowo, africa, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Intellectual Architects
... Voltaire just Kant angle cut it Beauvoir broad side view abut the narrow Rousseau gender Thoreau thought causeway As Sarte Marx the entrance unlit — Avicena chapiters atop da Vinci ......

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Categories: awolowo, imagery, silly, smart, surreal,
Form: Vogon Poetry
Reflecting Voice
...Tomorrow will come to mind soon when we'll part ways to come again. We will forget yesterday we cried rain, we will remember the meatless meal we shared behind door of ignorance. Africa have m......

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Categories: awolowo, abuse, africa, anger, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
When the Gods Visited
...When the gods visited in their ragalia, We were like those that were dreaming. We walked in the shadow of our stupidity, We Danced without legs in the public Because thousands of our smiles were......

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Categories: awolowo, art, beautiful,
Form: Blank verse



Behind the Bar
...Behind the bar as i stood alone with my thought I could see the life of my people In misery and agony fighting for freedom. How they are humiliated and discriminated By the leaders in th......

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Categories: awolowo, abuse,
Form: Alliteration
Hero That Never Ruled
...The nationalist-Obafemi Awolowo with the colonial masters he fought a war But painfully he never ruled the entire nation "Best president the country never had",people`s notion.......

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Categories: awolowo, people, political,
Form: Clerihew
Nigeria, Nigeria, My Beloved Nigeria
...Nigeria! Nigeria!! my beloved Nigeria How you've suffered, how you've been rendered barren and useless A country full of milk and honey A country rich in people, culture and traditions Gone were thos......

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Categories: awolowo, depression, political, sad, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Nigeria Is 50-Golden Green,Whitish Gold
...NIGERIA IS 50-GOLDEN GREEN,WHITISH GOLD Sallah is just a breathe away, I hear the bells jingle Like Christmas and New Year Come to mingle. Summer is just a step away, I......

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Categories: awolowo, passion, new year,
Form: Lyric

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