different from the Okigbo variant which you and your friends, in your
closet mentality, are familiar with and like to mimic for
"intellectual effect".
For your information, most of your friends say positive things
privately regarding my poetry, but would not do that openly for fear
of being ostracized by the literary confraternity overlords.
That you and your friends discuss me and my poetry at your respective
"Ivy League" locations is no mean achievement.
I sincerely appreciate your ode.
Be well Okigbo, sorry again, Ikhide.
Chidi Anthony Opara(Poet).
"The best way to serve God is to serve humanity".
On Jul 16, 2:19 pm, Ikhide <xoki...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "in response to ogugua's observation about the nyt's reporter's gaff re lagos as
> capital of nigeria, it reminds me of the first spate of books written about the
> rwandan genocide, by reporters like gurevitch or poly sci people whose
> specialization was on current affairs.
> with all respect, it seems to me that most reporters, and especially especially
> especially american reporters, nyt's reporters, have a knowledge about what is
> happening today, maybe yesterday, but surely not the day before that. whereas
> french reporters stayed on in africa for many years, developing expertise about
> the regions they covered, and the brits more or less the same, americans were in
> and out of africa every couple of years. they do NOT know, or care to learn, the
> historical record of a region, except superficially."
>
> citizen "ee cummings" ken harrow
>
> Hmmm... My people,
>
> For all of you, I offer a Chidi Opara "poem."
>
> Enough of the political correctness
> An igbotic man took away Lagos
> And gave it to some yeye place in the bush
> Called it Abuja
> The flacks they renamed Lagos
> Their (economic) capital
> The brave editor hacked off the (economic)
> From the truth
> And now our capital is back! Hup Lagos!
>
> Enough of the political correctness
> Lagos is the capital of Nigeria. Period.
> Was. Will always be.
> We go to Abuja
> To steal money from manila files
> And fly back to Lagos
> to dress her up in Aso ebi!
> Lagos rocks! Lagos the land of my birth
> The best capital in the whole wide world. Period
> Eko o ni baje!
>
> Abo mi re O!
>
> O'dua ;-)
>
> - Ikhide
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