kumbaya - the elegy of distant relatives
Born from grief, memory, and cultural legacy, kumbaya is a cinematic poetry collection, crafted in collaboration with UK producer Abraham Moughrabi.
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my lady silk, (opens the original)
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On Saturday morning, around Olusegun Obasanjo Way 14, I witnessed humanity on the road. It was one of those ordinary mornings when even the traffic seemed to be in a hurry, hawkers and passersby going about their business, each of us caught up in the urgency of our own day. Turns out, someone brought his heart from home to stand by someone who needed standing.I noticed a man in a wheelchair, trying to get across the pavement to the other side of the road. At the edge of the pavement, he tried hi
Your Tears Have Been My Weakness (opens the original)
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my lady silk, I saw the news about the 12-year-old girl from the Ofankor-Pokuase accident receiving treatment, and my tears are crooked, her pain has altered my sorrow. Little one, maybe you will never see these words. Your tears have been my weakness tonight, and I could not turn away from your pain. I do not know you, but I am willing you on. I am still trying to make sense of life at the end of my twenties, and I am afraid to tell you that there are things in this world nobody can explain. Yo
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