RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On June 12 We Stand

"Solicitations II" is part of the collection of poems titled Aare Npeo and Other Poems Olayinka Agbetuyi

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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:55:55 -0400 Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On June 12 We Stand From: akinloye.ojo@gmail.com To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com JUNE  12 They never warned us That Esè Ògbè* will never Get to cross-over The road at Ìminì.**   They never said it That the Ìrókò tree Will never bend to kiss The earth at dawn.   They never cautioned That the rising sun Will set but never drown In the inhabitancy of Olókun***   They never taught us That the radiant Yemoja**** Will never watch The sea go dry of fishes.   But they showed us That our collective will Gathered under the blistering sun On the day we stood up together (From the North to the South) Will never prevail.   And they showed  us That our will as a people Will never be more than Our glittering sweat of labor.   * A hill outside the town of Ilora, Oyo State, Nigeria ** One of the villages or settlements around Ilora and the closest to the Ese Ogbe hill *** Yoruba ocean deity **** A Yoruba water/sea goddess and mother of all fish  Akinloye Ojo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "USA-Africa Dialogue Series" moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin. For current archives, visit http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue For previous archives, visit http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue- unsubscribe@googlegroups.com