Soyinka:A beautiful yoruba poem for all Nigerian youths by Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 Charles Dickens day February 7 2026

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Dear  professor  wole soyinka and professor  olukayode  oyediran.yoruba poetry as below is the way  forward. This poem needs to be publicised and performed  publicly  on television  radio  and the  markets perhaps under  the  auspices of professor  olukayodes Egbe atunbi yoruba  meaning the movement for rebirth  and re awakening  of the yoruba.

Yoruba  organised in 176 countries numbering 500 million  descendants. 

Where is the yoruba  television  channel 24 7 365.and the yoruba satellite  on space.we already  have yoruba  astronauts. The egungun.astronauts before  the astronauts. And lately  wole soyinka the astronauts in micro gravity environment  in san Jose California. 

And the yoruba conglomerate  of newspapers  magazines and book publications  in yoruba language  I rest my case

Not yet.what about global broadcasters in yoruba attire  including  Aso oke  the queen of Textiles  documented by professor Adetowun Ogunsheye  the queen of professors and queen of aso oke

And yoruba cuisine  like Amala  now accepted in the Oxford  dictionary  but no ewedu gbegiri oro orombo ati igbin.

Mary quant affirmed  that a people's thinking is first reflected in what  they wear  before  their furniture or architecture. 

Major General sam momah said African attires are more suited  for going to sleep  than going to work.

We need fashion as a university  discipline in nigeria.currently there's only one professor  of clothing  and Textiles. At federal  university of Agriculture abeokuta. 

Professor wole soyinka sorry for typos  where ever you have found them. Pls take  some panadol if necessary.

 Eku agba. Eku lakaiyeee .eku oro omo.eku ilu nla

Irun  fun fun  le mi ma mu lo ooo

Lati owo Augustine Togonu Bickersteth  London England  🇬🇧 

Ise l’ogun ise (Work is the antidote for poverty)

Mura s’ise ore mi (Work hard, my friend)

Ise la fi n’deni giga (Work/Labour is the major tool for elevation)

Bi a ko ba reni feyin ti (If we do not have anyone to lean on)

Bi ole la’nri (We appear indolent)

Bi a ko ba reni gbekele (If we do not have anyone to support us)

A tera mo’se eni (We simply work harder)

 

Iya re le lowo lowo (Your mother might be rich)

Baba re le lesin lekan (Your father may have a stable full of horses)

Bi o ba gbo’ju lewon (If you rely on them)

O te tan ni mo so fun o (You are close to shame and disgrace, I tell you)

Ohun ti a ko ba ji’ya fun (Whatever one does not work hard to earn)

Se kii le pe lowo (Usually does not last)

Ohun ti a ba fara sise fun (Whatever gain one seriously labours for)

Nii pe lowo eni (Usually lasts with one)

 

Apa lara (Your arm is kin)

Igunpa niyekan (The elbow is a sibling)

B’aye ba n’fe o loni (If the world loves you today)

Bi o ba lowo lowo (If you have money)

Aye a ma fe o lola (The world will still love you tomorrow)

Tabi ki o wa ni’po atata (Or if you are in a prestigious position)

Aye a ma ye o si terinterin (The world will celebrate you with smiles)

Je k’o de’ni tin rago (Wait till you become poor)

Aye a ma yinmu si o (The world will grimace at you)

 

Eko si’nso ni d’oga (Education also elevates one to higher positions)

Mura ki o ko dara dara (Ensure that you acquire it well)

Bi o si r’opo eniyan (And if you see a lot of people)

Ti won f’eko s’erin rinrin (Making mockery of education with laughter)

Dakun ma f’ara we won (Please do not emulate or keep their company)

Iya n’bo fun’omo ti ko gbon (Suffering beckons for the unwise child)

Ekun n’be fun’omo to nsa kiri (Tears are due for the truant child)

 

Ma f’owuro sere ore mi (Do not toy with your early years)

Mura si’se ojo’nlo (Work hard; time waits for no one)

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