Eguria

Henry Barlow: ‘Building the Nation’                                   Today I did my share                                     In building the nation                                     I drove a Permanent Secretary                                     To an important urgent function              ...

OSWALD MBUYISENI MTSHALI: ‘NIGHTFALL IN SOWETO’                                    Nightfall comes like                                                 A dreaded disease                                                 Seeping through the pores                   ...

THE BELATED CONCERN BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA A PUBLICATION OF SIR DAVID OSUNDE FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE (2002:16) How would you feel when a disabled person dies? Let us put that question at the back of our minds as we consider this piece. Last year it was the story of ‘The Dead Sea’ and this year it is the story of ‘A Belated Concern’ by the same author. Lately, I stumbled on this poem written by Henry Barlow a Ugandan poet. In his poem ‘Building the Nation’ he told us a story of a greedy Permanent Secretary (PS) and his driver (a Common man). Let us consider this excerpt from the poem and learn from it what he teaches.                                                 Today I did my share        ...