Tag: poetry

  • A night for Ochuka

    A night for Ochuka

    We Will Win event poster
    I went solely for the poetry. I didn’t know they’d be music too. That Ukoo Flani and Sarabi band would be there. But the most surprising thing I learnt was that none of them was getting paid to perform that night.

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  • Hello mum

    Hello mum

    mum

     Mum. It feels so nice to say that word. And to have somebody respond to it. To acknowledge that they are your mum. It feels good.

    Not everybody has that privilege. The luxury. That’s because they lost their mum at one point. Whether it was just before their 29th birthday. Or right after they turned nine days old.

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