Suleiman Salihu Mu'azu
THE HAMLET.
Our village is the smallest among the villages around.
We are living in huts that
are made up of branches of trees and hays around.
In the morning women are
milking the cattle as well as preparing for the breakfast before we move around.
We are grazing in the
morning through out the year round.
When we see the clouds
floating higher in the sky, we become happy because rain will not be around.
We come back in the evening
happily with our cattle around.
The elders are sitting
around the big tree, that is as old as the villages around.
Discussing about the
progress of the village and settling intertribal and family disputes around.
The old women are enjoying
their folklore round.
The girls are with the old
drummer, beautifying the field with their
folk dance round.
The children are with the
grand mother, listening to the folktale round.
We are much happy with the
vegetations, oases, hills and valleys that surrounding us round.
©
Suleiman Salihu,
Kaduna state,
Nigeria.
