Tuesday 2 April 2013

Adieu father of African literature!!!


Adieu father of African literature!!!


Funeral song for late Prof. Chinua Achebe: It says that the good ones are exhausted.

Nde nma agwula n’uwa
... Nde nma agwula
... Nde nma agwula n’uwa
Nde nma agwula
Ebe nwanne anyi rahuru n’ onwu
Nde nma agwula
Ebe nwanne anyi rahuru n’igbe
Nde nma agwuchana kpam kpam

Culled from "The Forest Dames"

1 comment:

  1. just wish the song could be in english. Do u sing too?

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