By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I didn`t hear the window clatter
But I heard the giant bird flap its sodden wings
And the ugly sky bare its rotten fangs
That was when the tides turned.
For someone whose life has all been in rubber
I can`t help thinking of my million slings
And all the stray orang outangs
Put together, they`re like Saddam`s things all churned.
Copyright 2011
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mardi 15 mars 2011
samedi 12 février 2011
BULLETS IN LIPSTICK
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
How shall you count them?
How on earth shall we do it?
Crossed cannibals, gored palace chickens
And chained toothless bulldogs
That`s what they are
With their shallow buttocks
Sunken jaws and false teeth
Do you think they`ll hear you?
Why do you waste your gun powder?
Keep it in check
Save it for the rainy day
Above all
Save your breath for your porridge
If you have no underwear
Fetch the golden bible
Otherwise, you`re doomed.
Copyright 2011
How shall you count them?
How on earth shall we do it?
Crossed cannibals, gored palace chickens
And chained toothless bulldogs
That`s what they are
With their shallow buttocks
Sunken jaws and false teeth
Do you think they`ll hear you?
Why do you waste your gun powder?
Keep it in check
Save it for the rainy day
Above all
Save your breath for your porridge
If you have no underwear
Fetch the golden bible
Otherwise, you`re doomed.
Copyright 2011
jeudi 20 janvier 2011
MIRACLE TIME
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
We may be blackened by centuries of bondage
But when the husbandmen arrive
All the floodgates will close up
The lame will walk
The deaf will hear
The blind will see
And the dumb will talk.
Copyright 2011
We may be blackened by centuries of bondage
But when the husbandmen arrive
All the floodgates will close up
The lame will walk
The deaf will hear
The blind will see
And the dumb will talk.
Copyright 2011
jeudi 6 janvier 2011
THE TABOO WORD
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I can not pronounce the word
It`s too obscene
But if you want us to create a scene
Then I`ll say it`s the third.
Copyright 2011
I can not pronounce the word
It`s too obscene
But if you want us to create a scene
Then I`ll say it`s the third.
Copyright 2011
vendredi 12 novembre 2010
OUT OF THIS WORLD
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I`m not an odd creature from outer space
Although I walk on sidewalks and curbs
Fromm the time I weighed chimps
I was a Delaware buffalo.
Copyright 2010
I`m not an odd creature from outer space
Although I walk on sidewalks and curbs
Fromm the time I weighed chimps
I was a Delaware buffalo.
Copyright 2010
samedi 6 novembre 2010
A LINK THAT SHOULD STAY FOR EVER
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
This is an editorial I wrote in Issue Number 051 of Business and Marketing, published in Bamenda, Republic of Cameroon. It was published as a follow-up to the visit Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo had just paid to Cameroon
Without any doubt, the visit Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo paid to Cameroon last month was by far the most significant international event that happened in Cameroon in that month. One reason is the weight of Nigeria on the African continent. Nigeria is black Africa`s most thickly populated country, having over one hundred million inhabitants. Furthermore, the large size of its economy also makes it an unmistakable giant. But perhaps above all is the importance of that country in relation to Cameroon. Although Cameroon shares a common border with six countries, Nigeria is the one with which it has the longest border. Significantly, the two countries share a common coastline , a semi-Saharan vegetation and desert type climates.
That is why the peaceful resolution of the border conflict between the two countries has received so much praise worldwide. Both presidents had the foresight to take the matter to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, instead of allowing the situation to degenerate into a war as has been the case in some other parts of Africa. The peaceful option is also just as well because each country has a fairly large number of its citizens living in the other country.
This was President Olusegun Obasanjo`s first official visit to Cameroon since he acceded to the helm of affairs in Nigeria. Of course, he did not hide his feelings and joy about it when he was in Cameroon. The trip gave him the opportunity to meet with some of his countrymen and women – an opportunity which he used to advise them to be law-abiding.
Although the Nigerian president has gone back, the positive echoes of his visit still remain to remind everyone that the initiative was worthwhile. The several working sessions that took place between delegations from the two countries will continue. The hope is that the brotherliness also goes on for a long time, if not for ever.
Copyright 2010
This is an editorial I wrote in Issue Number 051 of Business and Marketing, published in Bamenda, Republic of Cameroon. It was published as a follow-up to the visit Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo had just paid to Cameroon
Without any doubt, the visit Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo paid to Cameroon last month was by far the most significant international event that happened in Cameroon in that month. One reason is the weight of Nigeria on the African continent. Nigeria is black Africa`s most thickly populated country, having over one hundred million inhabitants. Furthermore, the large size of its economy also makes it an unmistakable giant. But perhaps above all is the importance of that country in relation to Cameroon. Although Cameroon shares a common border with six countries, Nigeria is the one with which it has the longest border. Significantly, the two countries share a common coastline , a semi-Saharan vegetation and desert type climates.
That is why the peaceful resolution of the border conflict between the two countries has received so much praise worldwide. Both presidents had the foresight to take the matter to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, instead of allowing the situation to degenerate into a war as has been the case in some other parts of Africa. The peaceful option is also just as well because each country has a fairly large number of its citizens living in the other country.
This was President Olusegun Obasanjo`s first official visit to Cameroon since he acceded to the helm of affairs in Nigeria. Of course, he did not hide his feelings and joy about it when he was in Cameroon. The trip gave him the opportunity to meet with some of his countrymen and women – an opportunity which he used to advise them to be law-abiding.
Although the Nigerian president has gone back, the positive echoes of his visit still remain to remind everyone that the initiative was worthwhile. The several working sessions that took place between delegations from the two countries will continue. The hope is that the brotherliness also goes on for a long time, if not for ever.
Copyright 2010
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