WOLE SOYINKA FADES INTO NOTORIETY Written by KEMKA S. IBEJI
A model to expectant scholars A signpost to young activists A dream of professors A hope of truth in the sea of lies Fades into notoriety Lying barefaced and unabashed? Now abhorred by teachers? Now the negatives of courage? What no one wants to be anymore? Just fades into notoriety This 90 years is terrible This age has been blurred This chapter of chatter shatters He turns to his spittle Goodness me! Becomes the scorn of kids All about him is now of jest Abandoned to sorry tribalism Leaving the stage in dishonour Murdering earned reputation Can fame turn notorious? Wole Soyinka, insignificant? Let none of mine age like him May our age never turn curse Haba Wole Soyinka!