Jammeh Must Go Poem by Olalekan Ololade Sobande

TITLE: Jammeh must go
TOPIC: sorry poem
FORM: Ghazal
POET: Sobande Olalekan Surajudeen
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Africa, we are now in den
I took my pen
I take some sigh
I saw the sign
After 22years of reign
Imagine, Gambia yet to count her gain
And yet, the man was drunk in posterity
Refuses to leave office for not recording any prosperity
And yet the man called Jammeh was a fool
for referring to peacemakers as unlawful
Calling neighbouring countries 'malicious and unlawful
what a fool.
I need not to tell him a man is only great
as long as his people feel he is great
A truth is now like the rain
he who sees not, feel it up-to his brain.
Feel it even up-to his bone marrow
that's why many is now supporting Barrow
I remember I warned him
to leave when loyalists were still with him
see what your arrogance caused you
Everyone have deserted you
you are now like a widow
Just like a house without a window
what a failure!
Claiming a saviour,
and now Jammeh must go
Barrow must come and sow
Gambia must be great as a country
leaving the shore and back to my country
what an end;
a lesson to learn
a man is only great
as long as his people feel he is great
what an end;
a lesson to learn.
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