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    Song of my Country
    Song of my Country
    Song of my Country
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    Song of my Country

    By Samuel Onyeche

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    "Song of My Country is a testament of the defacing reality of a state, occasioned by what could be described as aborted democracy. It is through this disgusting reality that the persona tiptoes, like a child stepping on his father's carcass, from poem to poem as he recounts not just issues of national import but those of regional concerns and, i

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUkiyoto Publishing
    Release dateMar 16, 2023
    ISBN9789360499068
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