Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Wetin Concern Us For Pennsylvania?(Poem In Nigerian Pidgin English Language)

My friend, the Poet Laurette, me I no sabi pidgin o, but I tink sey una don forget the line of John Locke, the 17th century poet, àbí? "In the beginning, all the world was America."

Go ask y'a men wey dey for Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Calabar, P/Harcourt, y'a motor park sef, etc., etc., wetin den dey spend. Una tink sey na Naira? Iro patapata ni; na dollar den de spend o, Naira kè! 

Keep musing!

MOA

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 06:14:19 AM GMT+1, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

By Chidi Anthony Opara 

We dey inside moto park for Naija

Dey mussle our way,

Dey hussle,

Dey para,

Dey pussle

Di way our politician dem

Dey take us play ping pong.

After hussle,

We go go chill,

We go go shake bodi,

We go go shayo.

Wetin bi dis one

Wey bi say 

We no go hear something again?

Everywhere now

Na Pennsylvania bi di talk.

Everywhere now

Na Trump talk say for Pennsylvania,

Na Kamala talk say for Pennsylvania,

Na wetin!?

Pennsylvania dey for America,

Here na Naija,

Wetin concern us for Pennsylvania?

We no dey live for America,

We dey live for Naija.

Make our government give us

Wetin we go take survive for Naija, 

Wetin concern us for Pennsylvania?

Nothing concern us for Pennsylvania.

(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved)

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a Poet, Institute Of Information Management Professional Fellow, MIT Chief Data Officer Ambassador and Editorial Adviser at News Updates(https://updatesonnews.substack.com)

He is a recipient of International Award/Recognition For Excellence In Data And Information Management, with 253 mentions on Academia(academia.edu)as at July 22nd, 2024.

More about him here: https://independent.academia.edu/ChidiAnthonyOpara

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