Tag: ethnic poetry
Maami – a traditional Yoruba poem
Maami, this day shall pass away
To usher in a boundless joy
The energy invested in the hurdles of life
Shall be regained in the pleasure of...
A tribute to my grandfather
Baba
Right in your warm embrace
I wrecked mama's heavy meal
I gulped from your palm wine tank
In readiness for the Ijapa travels.
You rained blessings on me
before...
ADUNNI – A Love Poem To A Yoruba Maiden
Adunni, let me be lost in your heart
For I listen not to the hunter's trumpet.
Adunni, let me go astray in your thoughts
For I give...
APEKE – Traditional African Poetry
Tell Apeke I am the famous cocoa merchant
Tell her my fame spread across the clan
Tell Apeke I am the igbakeji Oba
The balogun that brought...
Karara: the Balogun of Ilorin (Traditional African Poetry)
Tell them not to flaunt Modakeke to his ears
Tell them not to recite that Oyo has western strength
Let them not gasconade latosisa in his...
AMARACHI – traditional African poetry
Let us bring out the ekwe,
The ogene and the sounding udu.
Let us drum up the new found affection
Let us do inyanga for the umu...
Awero – traditional Nigerian Poetry
Awero.
Tonight, I heard clamours around the gods' shrine
Not of Ikoko Akufo—lamentation of a broken pitcher
That discerned values on parameters of Akitan
Struggling to fetch honour...
