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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Poetry

THE SPEECH OF OCCUPY NIGERIA’S DAY | A Revised Version by Ayo Sogunro

Posted on March 29, 2012 by ayosogunro • Leave a comment

(With apologies to William Shakespeare) Driving, I picked a young man by the way And he told me of Occupy Nigeria’s Day The rousing speech that launched the fray And sprang the folks that fought that day “If we are marked to die, we are enough To do our country loss; and if to live, … Continue reading →

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Reposted from @theminorityreportng Activism is not about “calming” the victim. Activism is not mediating between victims and oppressors in a way that leaves the oppressor intact.
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My Book: Everything in Nigeria is Going To Kill You

Everything in Nigeria is Going To Kill You

THE PARADOXICAL LIFESTYLE OF THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN IS THE SUM OF THIS BOOK... My relentless pursuit of an understanding of the survival abilities of the average Nigerian in a system that is definitely dysfunctional. Some of us complain, some of us protest, some of us go spiritual and still many others go material, and also a few of us turn to the arts for solace—we write, not to cure other people of madness, but to avoid going mad ourselves…

My Book: “Sorry Tales”

The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales

"Sogunro the social activist, Sogunro the poet and Sogunro the essayist meet to produce a book that is funny, insightful and thought-provoking." -- Ikhide Ikheloa

My Book: Death in the Dawn

Death in the Dawn by Ayo Sogunro

Death in the Dawn, a short play adapted from Wole Soyinka's poem of the same name, is a tragicomic exploration of Nigerian social values through the passionate interaction of some unlikely debaters.

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