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Jeffery Atuobi
"Daabi," ɔkae sɛ, "nhyehyɛe biara nna fahodi ho."
Na nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn kyekyeree ɔkofo panyin no a ɔwɔ Robben Supɔ. "Daabi," ɔkae sɛ "nimdeɛ nyɛ nyiyimu biara."
N'anim akam, nanso w'ammɔ hu, abeawa bi a ɔsom wɔ Pakistaani. "Daabi," ɔkae sɛ, "gyedie nnyina ɔhyɛ so"
Ɛnne a w'akyere no no, dwodwo ne ho nanso ɔsɔre ko wɔ Dapchi Ne kanea nnum wɔ nsiyɛfoɔ dan mu
Ɛne sɛ, abere nyinaa mu, ne nsamansew ne da ara retwa gu Mandela, Malala, Leah Sharibu—
"Prometheus kae sɛ daabi" tɔɔkye, ogyaframa ne nnwom
Hunu kwan, gyaframa a ɛredɛw bɔ twa mu fa
Chibok ne Dapchi, sɛ wɔbɛma wiase no ahyerɛn bio
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Read the English translation – Mandela Comes to Leah by Prof. Wole Soyinka
Jeff Atoubi is a writer and educator interested in interrogating all received wisdoms in culture.
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