Baba kekere( jimoh Akitola Odutola. March 16 1905 to June 19 2010 by Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England
What would you do
If in Copenhagen
You found yourself
Before the statue
Of Hans Christian Anderson
Of the world of children's literature. ?
.baba kekere would you
Cry your heart out?
Laugh till you cry
Turn to Gendaken?
Try to imagine
The 1915 photo
Of jimoh Akitola Odutola
Sober. stoic and solid
With his cousin
Tajudeeen Kareem otupa
Lawal
An African humphry Davy
That is your cousin and master Tajudeen otupa lawal
Of the tough trekking
World of cattle and calves.
Tajudeen Kareem otupa Lawal!
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