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Just Like a Father
(Opinions)
24-06-2004
by Chrispetra Onyinye Okeke
Chichi's eyes widened at the sight of the money Pa Williams pushed into her hands. She could not believe she was making so much money. She looked up at him in awe, all she had done was play with him and he was giving her so much. “He really does...
The Songs We Sing
(Poetry)
24-06-2004
by Chrispetra Onyinye Okeke
We sing the songs our elders sung
Today and every other day
They sang real loud
And beat their chests
To every word they clung
They stood by it and died for it
The vows that they
With songs did take
So we can be alive today
Oh lives...
When the Sun did not Shine
(Poetry)
27-10-2004
by Chrispetra Onyinye Okeke
When the sun did not shine…
They sat there and waited.
It was the only place they could be.
Dora looking on with glassy eyes
Lati, hugging her empty bowl.
At times she stirred and the bowl fell to the ground.
Its empty sound is louder now...
Where Are You Africa?
(Poetry)
9-07-2004
by Chrispetra Onyinye Okeke
Mama Africa writhes in pain
She holds onto her broken heart and winces
“Who will cry for me when I am gone?”
She turns her head and looks back
Behind her she sees the child soldiers,
The abused girls,
The malnourished and the sick children....
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