My Father
“You’re the leader of tomorrow,” he showers.
With zeal I await tomorrow…
March – Gerontocracy in Africa
Dear Founding Fathers
Like African colonies did for our independence,
we shall repaint the faint images of heroism and
mold a strong victory and liberty fences.
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GERONTOCRACY IN AFRICA: THE WISDOM OF THE OLD AND THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE YOUTH
What an elder can see while sitting, a young lad wouldn’t be able to catch a glimpse even if he climbs a tree.
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COMMAS, INSOMNIA AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
Age tells the old to rest because the mind is shedding itself…
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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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Sugar Cubes
SUGAR CUBES || Ibiteye Overcomer Ballot boxes are metaphors for sugar cubes: Dazzling, inviting, brides of anthills. Glazed cartons holding frail fragments of truth, justice, sweetness, of anthills. Brazen walls of power that makes their builders vulnerable, or is it the builders that make themselves vulnerable? Could it be that between the petulant layers of
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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