DAY 26: “Earth’s honeyed milk,
wine of the only rib.
Now roll your tongue in honey till your cheeks are
Swarming honeycombs
– your world needs sweetening, child.” – Wole Soyinka

DAY 25: “We told of the times when we would kill
Goats, chickens and rams in the thick heat of an unyielding sun
To celebrate the union between a man and a woman
Or the arrival of a travelling friend
Or the peace given to those parted.” – Caleb Oluwafemi

DAY 24: “How long would it have to go on then
beginning with A and spilling over
into all the alphabets

before mother sister father child
could bear the same weight
in any faith, in any race,
be mourned with the same tongue.” – Inua Ellams

DAY 23: “Your sister is going to Europe.
Your grandmother wants to know if they speak English there.
She means,
‘Will they hear you ask for help?’” – Vuyelwa Maluleke

DAY 22: “My younger brother steps on modernity’s landmines
Will his limbs not be blown off?
Culturally amputated students enter Model C schools on linguistic wheelchairs
But, nobody cares for the linguistically disabled” – Itai Hakim

DAY 21: ”
My name is a frantic attempt to save a country
To preserve a legend
The only line I have leading me to a place
I’ve never been
It’s a boat” – Hiwot Adilow