Mandela sẹ Leah 

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Ansel Ahabue

« Eye », ọle wẹ, « E i sabo zẹ obho rie umiẹnfan »
Ele mu fi bhi ighan nọnsi Robben Island, ọne eyokulo ọmaen
« Eye », ọle wẹ, « Ilẹnmin bha ji ọria ri obọ ghae agbọn »
Iyaman ọle mọnlen, sokpan ofẹn i mun ọle, ẹlolo nọnsi ọmanmen nọnsi Pakistan.
« Eye », ọle wẹ, « Ọ bha gba dirio sua ọria mun iyayi »
Unun fi bhi ighan, imuegberiotọ bi udinmin ọle mọn, ya Dapchi.
E i sabo wukpa nọnsọnlẹn bhi uhio nọn khua nọnsi ene-deba-iloo-zien.
Ẹghe ọsọsọ, unun nọnsi ọseli gbo vae
Mandela, Malala, Leah Sharibu – ukpa nọnsi
« Eye, Prometheus wẹ » eraẹn bi ilolo,
Miẹn uhio, eraẹn wowo wẹẹn gberaa Chibok bi Dapchi,
Ni ọle khian la gbannoa ọnẹ agbọn.

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Read the English translation – Mandela Comes to Leah by Prof. Wole Soyinka 

Ansel Ahabue was born September 20, 2000. He is of Nigerian heritage but was born and raised in the United States of America, and is pursuing a master’s degree in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He likes to write in his spare time.