Proclaimed Indepedent Poem by Favour Chinemerem Ugwumba

After Battles and Wars
that sunk our heart and mind
When we believed
our Tribe will soon
be wiped off the earth
just then,
we were proclaimed independent
Bringing our pledge
to a new 'oneness'
for we are brothers
coined together by fate.

After famine and drought
that made us weak
when we thought
death was the best option
our clan may never exist
just then,
we were proclaimed independent
Bringing our pledge
to a new 'oneness'
for we are brothers.
coined together by fate.

After all that happened
we fled for safety
we had no choice
our people needed a place
to call a home
just then,
we were proclaimed independent
Bringing our pledge
to a new 'oneness'
for we are brothers.
coined together by fate.

We had no identity
we had no significance
we had nothing
but today,
we have all
Bringing our pledge
to a new 'oneness'
for we are brothers.