Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - "We Will Become Men Tonight" By ChidiAnthony Opara

The circle is endless
The slow steps or fast wagger
From were I work in Lasgidi
To the square in Esanland

The circle is endless
From dusk till down
We work and walk the work
Till death do us part

Thanks for sharing

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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - "We Will Become Men Tonight" By Chidi Anthony Opara

At dusk

We walk in slow steps

From the square

To the sacred grove.

We walk in single file,

Our lips sealed with fronds.

We walk with our loins

Concealed in loincloths,

Our bodies painted white,

Our scalps hairless,

We will become men tonight.

The priest sits waiting,

Our fathers wait,

Ancestors await our arrival.

We walk

Into the embrace of the gods

And learn secrets of our land.

We become men

And dance to the beat

Of the sacred drum.

At dawn

We depart the sacred grove

And walk

Into the bosom of maidens,

Our betrothed.

 

http://homelandmelodies.blogspot.com/2011/09/we-will-become-men-tonight.html

 

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