Poem. BABA KEKERE. Alhaji jimoh Akitola Odutola March 16 1905 to June 19 2010 by Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 June 18 2026

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Baba kekere( jimoh Akitola Odutola.  March 16 1905 to June 19 2010 by Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 

What would you do

If in Copenhagen 

You found yourself 

Before  the statue

Of Hans  Christian Anderson 

Of the world  of children's  literature. ?

.baba kekere  would  you 

Cry your heart  out?

Laugh till  you cry

Turn to Gendaken?

Try to imagine

The 1915 photo 

Of jimoh Akitola  Odutola 

Sober. stoic and solid 

With his cousin

Tajudeeen Kareem otupa

Lawal

An African  humphry Davy 

That is  your  cousin and master Tajudeen  otupa lawal 

Of the tough  trekking

World  of cattle  and calves. 

Tajudeen Kareem  otupa   Lawal!