Locating General Abacha on the road to 2027, By Festus Adedayo

Have you read Niyi Osundare’s poem, The word is an egg? It explores a deep-rooted Yoruba philosophy of the permanence and fragility of the spoken word. Osundare also drills into its creative and destructive power. That philosophy proclaims the egg shell-like nature of the word – “eyin l’ohùn”. Osundare’s poem took the Yoruba philosophy a notch higher. Once spoken, he said, […] The post Locating General Abacha on the road to 2027, By Festus Adedayo appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .

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