Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Di State Of Di Nation 6 (Nigerian Pidgin English Poetry Series)

An interesting poem that reflects on the relationship between violent agitation in Nigeria and the attention of the Nigerian government.

Does one need to agitate violently like Boko Haram terrorists to get attention?

What must the average Nigerian do for the government at the centre to commit itself to quality of food, housing and health  care that will bring the country into the 21st century?

Question- is this poet sufficiently sensitive to  the development initiatives  across the country? Can the country as a whole really be summed up in terms of this wholly negative image of its government?

Is the poet a victim of the fact that it is easier to criticize troubled countries like Nigeria than to take the effort to examine their development in an informed  manner?

Perhaps the poet is aware of such developments but remains  unsatisfied.  Expecting more than is being delivered.

thanks
toyin

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@yahoo.com> wrote:

By Chidi Anthony Opara

 

My mind no good today.

Today,

My mind dey pepper me well well,

Government no care for di people of peace.

 

If country people no get house,

Dem no wan know.

If country people dey hungry,

Dem no send.

If country people dey sick,

Dem go close dem eye.

If country people dey die sef,

Dem go close dem ear.

I know di reason,

Di reason be say

We no be wahala people.

We no dey shoot shoot gun,

We no dey throw throw bomb.

 

Dem don siddon for Abuja

Dey call call wahala people,

People wey dey shoot shoot gun,

Dey throw throw bomb.

Dem dey call call dem

Make dem come talk

Wetin dey pepper dem mind.

 

E come dey look like say

We wey no be wahala people,

We wey no dey shoot shoot gun,

Wey no dey throw throw bomb,

E come dey look like say

We no matter for Naija.

 

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