21/07/2024
Subjugation's Veil: A Poem on Hausa Land.
By: M.I. Jikankada
[email protected]
July, 2024
THE SCRIPT:
In the land of Northern Nigeria,
Where tales of old still whisper,
Fulanis came with guile and fire,
A saga of control they aspire.
Hausa land, a name so grand,
Hausa people, proud, they stand,
Yet shadows fell upon their land,
Religion wielded in foreign hands.
With scriptures in one hand tight,
And swords in the other, a fearful sight,
The Fulanis marched, claiming divine right,
Subjugation masked in holy light.
“Hausa Fulani,” the label spun,
A deceitful web, they begun,
To merge as one, yet truly none,
A ruse to hide what’s truly done.
For Fulanis, not of this soil,
Their claim on power, a constant toil,
To grasp the land, to seize the spoil,
Through terror’s flame, and blood’s dark boil.
Buhari’s reign, a shadowed night,
Seven million souls took flight,
Displaced from home, erased from sight,
In Hausa land, genocide’s blight.
Oh Hausa, rise, the truth behold,
Your land, your lineage, fiercely hold,
Middle Belters, Yoruba bold,
Igbo strong, let tales be told.
Indigenous hearts, together stand,
Against the foreign grasp on land,
No more shall terror’s cruel hand,
Lead you to despair, a desolate band.
Awake, awake, the call is clear,
To cast away the reign of fear,
In unity, let all revere,
A land reclaimed, where all endear.
Stand Firm: A Call to the People of Nigeria
To the heart of Nigeria, heed this plea,
A time to rise, a time to see,
No more the Fulanis’ tyranny,
In unity, find destiny.
For power’s corridors, no place for those,
Who cloak in faith, yet bring woes,
Stand tall, indigenous, oppose,
The foreign rule, and all it sows.
Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo strong,
Middle Belt, where you belong,
Together sing a freedom song,
To end the reign of righted wrong.
No longer in shadows, take your place,
In the light of truth, with fervent grace,
Nigeria’s future, let’s embrace,
With hearts united, a brighter space.
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Subjugation's Veil: A Poem on Hausa Land.By: M.I. [email protected], 2024THE SCRIPT:In the land of Northern Nigeria, Where tales of old...