A REVIEW OF THE (AT)TRIBUTES OF NAMWANJA MARGARET CHIKWABI BYAkinrinade Funminiyi Isaac WSA Magazine Review Team Head
Shockingly, the cover design of July 2021 Edition of WSA Magazine wore a familiar but unexpected look. The cover featured a smiling woman with a dazzling diastema, but that wasn’t all, “in loving memory NAMWANJA MARGARET CHIKWABI” was included!
Moving Forward By Oseremen Iwayemi
GENRE: SHORT STORY TITLE: MOVING FORWARD WRITER: OSEREMEN IWAYEMI, NIGERIA REVIEWER: JOSEPH ODURO, GHANA
LOVE’S LOOSE KNOTS BY OKWAPUT ISRAEL
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: LOVE’S LOOSE KNOTS WRITER: OKWAPUT ISRAEL, UGANDA REVIEWER: SESAME MOOKODI, BOTSWANA
MASTERS AND MISTRESSES BY AKIN OJO OLUWASEYI
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: MASTERS AND MISTRESSES WRITER: AKIN OJO OLUWASEYI, NIGERIA REVIEWER: SESAME MOOKODI, BOTSWANA One of the most prominent forms of power is one that cannot be bestowed upon oneself. It is obtained in convincing those around oneself of the power and can only grow through the numbers of a shared belief in it. Relinquishing this power is something that is done with the belief that it shall benefit the believers and requires a gift of persuasion often embedded with false truths and if unlucky, with underlying malicious intent. Masters and Mistresses is a quintet anaphora that repeats the line “When they get there” at the beginning...
CROWN BY NEO MASETLANE
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: CROWN WRITER: NEO MASETLANE, BOTSWANA REVIEWER: BWESIGYE LAURENT, UGANDA A crown is an ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty, sometimes to show sovereignty. In all essence, a crown is one of the symbols of power. In this poem, the poet uses a crown to describe what power means to him.
WHEN INK BLEEDS BY PATRICIA EJANG
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: WHEN INK BLEEDS WRITER: PATRICIA EJANG, UGANDA REVIEWER: ODIRILE ODIRILE, BOTSWANA Often time power is visible. Casting a bright light like a beacon in its location. There are however some times when it is silent; when it does not need to announce to the world its presence. Where it lies in wait because it is carried by a humble vessel. Where it quietly accepts the simplicity of everything and everyone around because the vessel carrying the power has tamed it so well.
ODE OF AUTOCRATES BY LAURENT BWESIGYE
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: ODE OF AUTOCRATES WRITER: LAURENT BWESIGYE, UGANDA REVIEWER: ODIRILE ODIRILE, BOTSWANA Many times, there comes a time when someone stands up. Rising out of the confines of oppression by the people who have before vowed to be their hope. The poem "Ode of Autocrates" brings before us such an individual. One who has for many times felt the oppression from the people who are in positions of authority and leadership.
POWER BY PELEKANI LWENJE.
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: POWER WRITER: PELEKANI LWENJE, ZAMBIA REVIEWER: OMADANG YOWASI, UGANDA Your ability to fight and overcome your foes is POWER.
YOU NEED TO PAUSE (TO FIND YOUR OWN POWER)
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: YOU NEED TO PAUSE (TO FIND YOUR OWN POWER) WRITER: STEVE OTIENO, KENYA REVIEWER: OMADANG YOWASI, UGANDA Glad are those who come out of emotional imprisonment, for mood swings no longer have a hold on them! You are wondering if this is Biblical, right? I laugh at you. Well, it's the poem, “You Need to Pause” that made me speak in a Biblical tongue. You may wonder where the theme of POWER lies in this poem, but honestly, this is a poem that employs good use of mystery to tackle the theme of Power. One's self and their emotions playing tricks on each other is something so common nowadays, but what happens to most people is that they end up getting lost in their emotions to the worst of experiences. The poet's...
THE CHIEF DEITY BY UCHE FAVOUR
GENRE: POETRY TITLE: THE CHIEF DEITY WRITER: UCHE FAVOUR, NIGERIA REVIEWER: WAMBUA MUINDI, KENYA The poem in six stanzas and 24 lines of poetry, describes a chiefly being whose powers seem abounding and binding given the choice of words. The descriptive language choice is enough to portray the image of a character that is immense in might – both over humans and forces of nature. The persona almost religiously depicts the nature of this deity. A deity is considered to be a supreme being held with veneration among religious circles. The last stanza for instance offers a sight of their abilities and leaves no doubt that their power is unchallenged. This is qualified by the title of the poem that uses the absolute and definite article...