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Touching Poem About Fulani Herdmen #worldpoetryday by Nobody: 5:06pm On Mar 21, 2017 |
Herdsmen or hard-men? Who are these that slay without restraint? Who are these that thirst for blood? Who are these that plunder the land? Their herds destroy our land Turning fields of greens to grounds of ruins And giving our farms the semblance of siege As if to say the locusts had stricken Their hearts abhor our princely heads They disdain our natural rights to life They rebuke with the whip of death Our courage to query their heinous deeds At their might miles of farmland were thrashed In their hands many a soul have ceased to breathe Villages were razed and races aborted These are not herdsmen but hard-men, the enemies of mankind. The above poem is written by Idowu Adegbilero A recent visit to a friend’s farm in Ogoja Cross river state, left me with feelings of pity, not just for him but for thousands of farmers in the region to whom farming is a major pre-occupation and income earner. Even though i will not categorize my friend as a peasant farmer, the huge losses incurred yearly from the activities of these herdsmen has made a joke of the current agricultural drive of the present Nigerian government. We have a major problem in our hands, and it will be a great folly to feign ignorance until it spirals into the kind of situation we have in Benue state which is just a few hours away (northward from Ogoja). The herdsmen set your farm on fire so the can have fresh green grass for their herd. They pull up your cassava so they can feed their cattle while you starve. If I may add a few lines to Idowu’s poem… They choose rather to burn and graze for cattle As our food burns, we gaze, looking startled wondering why so easily human life is substituted for cattle’s… See below pics from my visit… SEE MORE PICS |
Re: Touching Poem About Fulani Herdmen #worldpoetryday by stephleena(f): 5:11pm On Mar 21, 2017 |
so touching.. 1 Like |
Re: Touching Poem About Fulani Herdmen #worldpoetryday by Johnflowey1738(f): 11:17pm On Mar 21, 2017 |
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Nice,very creative |
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