Of Floods and Mourning

The rains come in August Most nights, the sky turns into a widow Cries it's waters on closed grounds Chokes the lake until she breaks Growing life from drying rib...

The Thing Around Your Neck

They say sorrow looks good on me, Her silvery pearls accentuating my neck, They say she dangles sweetly from my lobes, Like diamonds found deep within African soils. I am acquainted with sadness, Like long lost lovers. She and i fit perfectly like pieces of a puzzle. She nests her heavy head on my ample chest, And i generously pat her icy back, Singing her songs of a once upon a time. They say...

A June Poem

This is the poem of a night in June When the song that sung Was a saddened ode A prayer on the tongue For a fire that burned From darkness to daylight Under the watchful eyes of God. Love is a wicked friend Who grips a heart With hands made of roses and thorns. "Mourn your loss" The old friend begs Only the lover understands The pain that is felt. You with the vizer over your eyes Refuse to see...

How Do You Say Gender Based Violence and Consent In Nigerian?

There has been a lot of conversation regarding gender roles, sexual assault and gender based violence in Nigeria of recent. This is in no way because these issues are new problems that are riddling and corrupting our society, this is because a problem that has pervaded our society for ions, is finally being acknowledged. The Emir of Kano State, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi plans to enact a policy that...