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Didactic Poetry
Didactic Poetry
Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982
TIV
Lam amo ga doo ga
Lam amo ga Ashitsugh Gambe
Dajo u Adeke, kwase wamaa
Mdoom yo udoo kpa shima ngi ga
Mdoom ma kposu, ieren ngi kposu
ENGLISH
You haven’t talked to me, it’s bad
You haven’t talked to me,
Ashitsugh Gambe Dajo of Adeke
My woman, as for beauty, you
are beautiful but you have no heart.
Beauty is different; behaviour is different.
REFERENCES
Ulli Beier (ed) Introduction to African Literature p. 12.
Bruce King (ed) Introduction to Nigerian Literature
p. 23.
Ulli Beier (ed) Op cit., p. 14.
EDITOR’S NOTE
First published in Nigeria Magazine, Friday, January 1, 1982.
Source: Archiving.