waka waka (movement)

I looked out my window
It was raining!
I was mesmerized
Movement – People were still moving
There were buses in the parks and on the roads
There were cars dodging busses
There were okadas dodging cars dodging buses
Then there were people
People hawking goods,
People walking the streets

I realized that in Lagos,
Under the rain
In the Sun
Anytime of the day
People will always ‘Waka Waka’
It’s the craze of Lagos
Motivation for movement? (You ask)
It’s the Norm
Or
It’s the Search
The search for something
The search for something Better
The search for a better LIFE

It’s believed, we believe, Nigerians believe
‘E go must better’
So we move
We move from the villages to the cities
We move to Lagos
We hustle, we squat, we share, we WAKA
We search
We Search for something
We search for something better

I looked out my window
The rain had stopped
I smiled
There was Traffic!

Debbie Anaga
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