THE many, heavy, and grave afflictions which denude the nation will not be off-staged by a goodwill reversal of the national anthem; great symbolism but no substance. An anthem does not fill up the empty stew pot, gleaming, bright, and bare. An anthem does not fill an empty belly. An anthem is not physical and material. What is not material is patently immaterial; that is what the people are saying. The ponderous and oppressive national anthem imposed on the nation, an ulcerous cacophonous dump has been revoked and retired. I was one of the few who campaigned restlessly for the…
Author: David Da-Costa Shodeinde
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