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"So let us roll over our back
And again roll to the beat
Of drumming all over the land
And under its ample soothing hand
Joined to that of the sea
We will settle to sleep of the innocent and free."

— John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo Night Rain (1962)

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The night has a thousand sirens, and if the master will not answer their calls, why should not the servants?

Ozidi (1966)

Hunger has no hold on you, you said, as if hunger with death are no longer twin rulers of the world. Tell me, does Your stomach ache?

Ozidi (1966)

"An unplanted seed in the womb is a burden to the earth, a weeping cloud that refuses to fall."

Song of a Goat (1961)

Ibadan,
running splash of rust and gold—
flung and scattered
among seven hills like broken
china in the sun.

Ibadan (1965)

"Coming and going these several seasons,
Do stay out on the baobab tree,
Follow where you please your kindred spirits."

Abiku (1962)

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