I Am Naija! – Douglas rehearses in riddles
Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.
I am the tongues of a thousand tribes,
I am the eclectic cuisines that traverses from the Sahara to the Savannah,nI am the rustic fish mongers on the bank of the Niger,
I am Naija!
I am the diverse admixture of Terra Couture,
I am the courage under continuous fire,
I am the dogged spirit, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
I am Naija!
I I’m the cultural heritage that confounds the profound,
I am the exuberant spirit of an enterprising lot,
I am the charismatic spirit that prevails in extenuating circumstances,
I am the Monolith that have survived imperial vestiges,
I am Naija!
I am the colours of ten thousand festivals ,
I am the varieties of flora and fauna in the rain forests,
I am the hills and the mountains by the country side,
I am the exuberant movies, music and voices of charismatic demagogues ,
I am Naija!
I am the endless stretch of arable land ,
I am the precious metals in mountainous zones,
I am the lush and green trees in the savannah,
I am the panaromic beaches of the Atlantic,
The suave and smooth terrain of the Sahara,
I am the round leather legends of the Eagles and the Falcons,
I am Laureates of Letters and Pen Divas of the Orange Prize and more ,
I am the soothing views of the Plateau,
The unfathomable mysteries of varied waterfalls,
I am the pyramid in Kano and Silos in Lagos ,
I am a “rustic splash of rust and gold “,
I am the Oasis in the desert,
I am the archipelagoes and peninsulas,
I am the giant in the sun,
I am the viable Black Power,
I am Naija!
By: Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.