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Writer's pictureEdwin Janney

WHEN OYIBO ROLLED UP OUR SHORES

Updated: Apr 24, 2021



I have sometimes from myself

inquired,

and from all else I have

required,

about this mystery much more to

know,

where the hell were they

all,

when Oyibo rolled up our treasures to

haul..



The prowess of our shrines, our

fetish,

with powers we abundantly

cherish,

derived from rocks, trees or

rivers,

power drenched to give you the

shivers,

yet still the Dutch, Danes and the

English,

rolled up our shores, their greed to

furnish.


No doubt our priests were well

immersed,

with spiritual powers they were greatly

possessed,

for we revere some shrines for good

deeds,

providing rain to meet our farming

needs,

as others the truth remains as

well,

wore crowns from the pit of

hell.


Call it sorcery, black magic or much

more,

a mystery, history, religion from our

core,

yet when our sons and daughters were loudly

exported,

in, shackles, our lands looted, so our past

reported,

our fetish priests left wide open, our front

doors,

And hit the bunkers, when Oyibo rolled up our

shores.

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