The archive Should we, brother? Poem by Obynna Chylekezi · 1991 Should we, should we brotherContinue to agitate for human rightsWhen we’d asked for human rightsThey gave us wormy rice!An’ when we’d asked why?They gave us bulletsIn the boulevard of Liberia, of Togo,Of CamerounAll over AfricaShould we continue O’brotherShould we have a feeling of power,of […]
Poetry Sankara Poem by Vic’Adex · 2018 Whether on motherland or in death; We will win! I shed my blood and bleed my tears On the unmarked grave Cursed for bearing your unripe body; Sacred for covering the shattered and Fragmented pieces of what was once your body In a concoction of your brave blood […]
Poetry Defiance (For Fela) Poem by Vic’Adex · 2018 Tonight, in kallakulta The walls resound the powerful orations of afrobeat Along the forgotten corridors of time Hoping that they sip true the cracks of continuous reality Tonight in Nigeria; A middle aged man gets high On the afrodosiac nostalgia of his childhood As he sings […]