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Weaker sex we’re known and termed,
We are made idle like lexis
Without structure to construct sentences.
They treat us as infants for we’re fragile;
To rear offspring we’re considered fertile
’Tis then we would be teased as agile.
Stop creating professionalism based on agile from fragile,
We’re gifted as you are and fertile;
Blessed with abundant power and charisma!
Where were you when Moremi Ajaasoro
Persisted and resisted threats of the Ugbo raiders,
She rebelled when many men trembled?
Where were you when Efunroye Tinubu
The great Amazon of Eko land, mutinied
Against alien plans of the colonial consuls?
Where were you when Iyalode of Ibadan
Overthrew the entirety of old-Ibadan land
Whilst men of complex cablire were used as luxury?
Where were you when Idia of Benin
Led many men to war against the Igala
And returned with victory to Benin?
We’re equally up to the task,
Still we’re agile and fertile as the past,
You’re on our path please pathway!
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Aderemi Adegbite
Aderemi Adegbite, a Nigerian based in Lagos has engrave his name in the literary environ with his poetry that is purely African. His works always have an undertone of African consciousness and some dwell on the values, arts and culture of the entire Black race. Most of his works have been published abroad in different anthologies alongside works of literary giants in the United Kingdom and Journals in Nigeria. He is also a journalist, an essayist and prose writer.
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Olagbemiro Ibukun | Jan 29th, 2007
THAT'S TIGHT.ONLY THOSE WHO KNOW WILL KNOW THAT THE ERA OF GENDER BARRIER IS OV ER.WHERE ARE THEY WHEN YOU SAT TO DO ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING? NICE WORK.( though i'm man, i agree totally with you)
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