In this witty but serious collection, the poet looks askance at injustices and pains of the present and recent past. In the title poem and others, he asks, 'how the hell/Chicken generals figured they could run a nation/From the DIY book of trash'. Other targets includes generals or executors, and the apolitical - pacifists and the apathetic, and the hypocrisy of the wealthy 'who bake the crumbs/to feed continents of beggars/that hide behind cliched histories'. Protest poetry at least offers some hope - a voice. The poet urges, 'rise poets, write/fight and bite/and die for price/set kites to...
In this witty but serious collection, the poet looks askance at injustices and pains of the present and recent past. In the title poem and others, he ...
In 2010, billions of naira currency were spent to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's independence. More naira are to be spent in 2014 to commemorate the centenary marking the nation's birth in 1914 - from an amalgamation of diverse group of peoples, languages, cultures, and expectations. As the conscience of the nation, writers are calling for a deeper introspection. A hundred years after unification, the most populous African nation has oscillated from being great to being fickle, from colony to independence and dependency, from peace to war to ungraceful insecurity, from military...
In 2010, billions of naira currency were spent to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's independence. More naira are to be spent in 2014 to comm...
