Kòkúmọ́
The truant of existence.
Severally registering appearance,
...
Read full text
This is a migicorealistic poem which depicts the fate of a spiritical mystic child who is to die at an appointed time. The are known as abiku in yoruba land. After several atonements are made, the child would be born only to stay for a moment and die after people believe he has come to stay.
This is a migical realist poem which depicts the fate of a spiritual mystic child who is to die at an appointed time and re-born. The are known as 'abiku' in yoruba land, a tribe in Nigeria. After several atonements are made, the child would be born only to stay for a moment and die after people believe he has come to stay. To read more about 'Abiku', read Wole Soyinka and J.P Clark's Abiku.