(For Otunba Gani Adams)
I watched you,
A fledgling activist
Fighting
At the Mushin flank.
I watched you
Fence off ferocious fighters
From the land
Bequeathed to you
By your forebears.
No hooplas,
No ballyhoos,
No hate hollers.
I am watching you
Ascending
To the stool
Of Aare Ona Kakanfo.
(c) Chidi Anthony Opara
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