Something a little different…poetry with a punch!
By Noel A. Ihebuzor
Title – Today na Today
Author – Biko AGOZINO
Publishers – Omala Media Ltd, Awgu, Enugu
Year of Publication – 2013
I have just been privileged to read a collection of poems most of them in pidgin English by Biko Agozino. Onwubiko Agozino (Biko), is a Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
The collection, titled “Today na Today” is made of 36 poems, 31 of which are in pidgin English and the last 5 in standard English. The poems treat a broad range of contemporary social issues in Nigeria from life in our typical urban ghettos characterised by “face me- I face you” type of accommodation to protests over the conditions of host communities in the oil rich Niger delta of Nigeria. The issues covered are indeed broad but a common thread of social relevance unites them all. Take the poem…
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