Skip to main content

An Ode to Anam's newest Professor-Alex Chinwuba Asigbo

Image
By

When you see them, you know

But few of them can be found

Living life with your kind of flair

Standing with your face to the sun

And doing what you know best

Many have threaded these paths

Since we stood under the same sky

But nay they never got it

Even though they did, it’s not as you did

I still remember when I lived with you at Aroma

Trying to follow on your footsteps

You gave me the impetus and the desire that I needed

The kind of memories that will always last

Growing up the future seemed like such a sure thing

Though you hardly say a word

But we get the message from your eyes

Work hard, play hard and don't sweat the bills

Today you have shown to us what it all means

Success is bits upon bits, not measured on money

The stars are now so clear from our domain

Anam has a new professor in thee

Even if our dreams still seem far away

We know that you would be a fulfilling force

To push and lure the rest of us

The road between us and them will never be too long again

Oroma Etiti has got it’s academician in thee

For knowledge they say is power

We are going to tap and fill our cups

Because we are thirsty and insatiable

We are so hungry for knowledge and development

And we trust we would find refuge in thee

Because as a captain thy ship shall not wreck

E’en though Anam rests on a rough sea of underdevelopment

We are happy to be your crew

And where thou sailest we shall sail

Because very soon we would see the land

And the whole tempest that rocked Anam shall be history

Anam shall rise again, but not the case of the black pearl
Hail Prof. Alex Chinwuba Asigbo.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Place your comments here

Popular posts from this blog

The Devastating Effect of Flood in Anam and Entire Anambra West By Engr. Nnaemeka Chukwuemeka

By
Anam is a clan located on the peninsula in Anambra State South East Nigeria, bounded by both the River Niger and the Anambra River. The area is a low level land on the basin of both rivers with other minor rivers such as Ezichi, Ezu and Oyi flowing into the area through the Anambra River. The people of Anam are predominantly farmers and fishermen with farm settlement This area annually is ravaged by flood which damages both crops and animal, this flood arises from the overflowing of the River banks by the two Rivers in the area which usually come between August and October of the year . This year the flood took the farmers unawares because it started in June due to the opening of the various dams in the north, this affected the farm produce because after a very high sun which killed the yam planted in November last year it was expected that the early rains of march would have made the plants to recover but this did not come as expected since the rains never came till late April and ea...
4 comments
Read more

ANAM PEOPLE AND DEVELOPMENT

By
Development has been a word that has been accorded different meaning and interpretation amongst people of diverse backgrounds. In Economics view it entails a continuous or sustained growth where the latter involves a positive change in the level of production of goods and services in a an economy. It can be also seen as "Qualitative measure of progress in an economy . It refers to development and adoption of new technologies , transition from agriculture based to industry based economy, and general improvement in living standards ." To the ordinary man on the street it means nothing than good roads, education for all, more jobs for the unemployed, low prices of goods and raw materials, constant electricity, healthy water supply etc. To the ordinary Anamite, it is good roads to link the rural communities in the area and expose the area to merchants who would be interested in the agricultural produce of the people, electricity(even if not constant), good drinking wate...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Meaning and Significance of Otite Anam Festival. By Chief Emma Nnachor

By
As you all very well know, I am not a lecturer and as such, this paper is not an Inaugural Lecture or a Seminar Paper. What I have tried to highlight in this address is to tell our young ones and friends here, what they ought to know concerning the Meaning and Significance of the yearly Otite Anam Festival. May I therefore crave the gracious indulgence of this august gathering to oblige me with the favour of your very esteemed audience. 1.        The Meaning of Otite This five-letter-word “Otite” in Anam is the synonym for “Iwa ji” ceremony elsewhere in Igboland which is popularly referred to as “The New Yam Festival”. The origin of Otite in Anam is as ancient as the evolution or fusion of the entity called Anam town or clan as some people may choose to call it. It is a yearly festival celebrated simultaneously in all the eight villages of Anam namely: Iyiorah, Mmiata, Oroma-Etiti, Umudora, Umuenwelum, Umueze, Umuikwu and Umuoba (i.e. going by ...
3 comments
Read more