HOW DO WE EVOLVE?
In a continent of Gerontocracy,
Where we dwell on what worked for the ancient,
We fail to ponder on what will work in the future…
Footprints of Our Ancestors
A generation of misunderstood youths
who dared not even dream,
it is therefore little wonder
how far beneath
had we been relegated…
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POLITICS OF AGE IN AFRICA: A DIRE NEED FOR A CHANGE IN NARRATIVE
The solution to Africa’s problem, according to Barrack Obama, lies in looking within and not fruitlessly searching outside.
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SIX Poems for every Black Woman on Women’s Day
We compiled six beautiful poetry pieces to share with your African Prima-Donna and to make sure you let them know how much you love them. Black Woman by Leopold Sedhar Senghor Naked woman, black woman Clothed with your colour which is life,with your form which is beauty! In your shadow I have grown up; thegentleness
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Cupid + TVOTRIBESMEN
Are you single?
What are you going to be doing on Valentine’s Day?
We asked some tribesmen, all single, of course, to tell us what they’d be doing on Valentine’s Day.
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February: The Realization of Sankofa
For us on the tribe, February means more than a month to love and live. It means restoring family by taking time to revisit the past season and create measures to choose the best way forward.This month the tribe team will take a step back to focus on in-house activities. We would need your help
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Call for Submissions!
TVO TRIBE presents an open call for articles, poems, personal accounts, photos, etc on the community’s theme for March:
GERONTOCRACY IN AFRICA
This is to give African creatives the opportunity to express themselves about the recent turn of events in the African political space. All contributors are therefore required to submit works that relate to this theme.
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Amanda Gorman – The Hill we Climb
“When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Read Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem.
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Poet Laureate Interviews: Meet Temitope Komolafe
I am Temitope Komolafe, a student of Medicine and Surgery in University of Ibadan. I am a very spiritual person and I believe God is and should be the integral factor in life. I write and specialize in screenwriting. I love reading and am very open to learning from everything because I have come to discover that the more we know, the more we discover how much we don’t know
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Poet Laureate Interviews 2020: Meet Bamidele Olakunle
My name is Bamidele Oluwatimilehin Olakunle. I’m 18yrs of age, a native of Ibadan Oyo state and also a friendly and accommodating person.
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