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Homesick.

ByMoyo Okediji

Homesick.

I will close my eyes and transport myself back home, among my friends, drinking palm wine laced with stout, or whatever. Khaki. Or whatsoever friends gift our ancestors.

Àjò ò dùn bí ilé.

It is Thanksgiving week in the United States when people are giving thanks to their ancestors.

But my ancestors are in Nigeria, not America.

I don’t care for the turkey dinner they have for their Thanksgiving here. I prefer akara and palm wine to give thanks to our ancestors.

To my ancestors, I pour libations of palm wine. And I give thanks that all is very well.

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or a living.

As an art historian, I talk for a living.

Politicians, lawyers, teachers and other professionals also make a living from talking.

But many people actually have to make something to earn a living.

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Mungo Park Discovering River Niger

ByMoyo Okediji

As the Chinese launches successfully the second wave of the colonization of Africa, after learning from the techniques of divide and conquer that Europe used for the first wave of conquering the continent, it became necessary for me to do this painting.

I also want to refer to the poem I wrote a couple of months ago, titled, “My Teacher Taught Me Nonsense.”

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THE DOG WITH TWO EARS

ByMoyo Okediji

Ijapa (Mr. Tortoise) went and bought Aja (the Dog) in the market.

Ijapa took Aja home.

The following day, Ijapa put Aja on a leash, and told Aja, “Let’s go out.”

Aja was surprised that he was put on a leash.

He had never been put on a leash before.

Aja asked Ijapa, “Where are we going?”

Ijapa answered, “To the market.”

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