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BATS 🦇

Still as death, lying under trees, Inverted, where I find my ease. Flit-flutter, my pinions beat swift and low, Flying ’round the luminous sky, Time now for a slumberous sigh. Lanky, a vampiric form I seem, Release my hand and hear my dream.   Flapping wild above the sky, Not as hard as rocks on

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DEMOCRAZY

..Being silent about myself Because Hope is an irony And the future is a metaphor compared to ephemerality. I am paradox, a very futile euphemism called a special one, a special foreshadowing. My name is praised with Euphony but my realization is cacophony. Thought my life would rhyme like Alliteration, or assonance but it’s parataxis;

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FIGURE OAU Hosts Open Mic Session

Date: May 21st, 2025. Venue: FIGURE Workspace and Bookspace    The session began in earnest a few minutes after 5pm. The event was moderated by IBK while Hairat served as the co-moderator.   IBK introduced the space as a place where individuals are encouraged to develop themselves with the books available and a place for

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THE MARKED

A child, they said, was born so free,   Yet freedom’s touch he’d never see.   No tears to shed, already marked,   A name bestowed, a life embarked.   An identity he cannot claim,   A silent voice, a hidden flame.   If only names were all they chose,   But paths and dreams, they too impose.   A future

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FEMALE STUDENTS SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS ON OAU CAMPUS

There is this stereotypic and patriarchal view of the fear or demeaning interpretation of the participation of young women in politics. This view has generationally been the bedrock of the sociopolitical subjugation of women in matters that affect them as much as the men in the society. Historically, the woman has been through numerous restrictions,

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Religious Queers: An Oxymoron or Unexpected Synthesis

Christian to the flow (floor) like I can’t give the devil time of day by Glorilla in ‘In My Bag,” by FLO ft Glorilla   Religious queers, who or what are they? To me, they’re queer people with religious affiliations to Christianity, Islam, or any other religion. It’s not much of a secret that most

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