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Meeting Kongi

"Meeting Kongi"


To stand before you
To be charmed by the comeliness of your white hairs
Breathing in your green forest
Swimming in the splendour of your light
Chanting 'Happy birthday Kongi'
My hand taking in your hand
 That scribbled Nobel deserving works
And presenting this over to you
Is my dream coming alive.
For I know I will emerge
With streaks of your light
Guiding me when I set forth at dawn
On my journey on the Pen Path.
©Mujahyd Ameen Lilo
Read at Wole Soyinka's birthday in his home.


Mujahyd Ameen Lilo, a secondary school student from  Kano, is the regional winner of WSICE.

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  1. Hassan IdrisJuly 24, 2019 at 1:50 PM

    This is so beautiful mujahid Ameen lilo. More grease bard!

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