PLACE CALLED CAMPUS I

Fountain of Knowledge: UON

Welcome to THE University

Days seemed to run

Months couldn’t pause to busk

They flew in furious haste

Never hesitating to rest.

Finally, the sun got up from slumber

I was in the island of elites…literatis

To lay the foundation for my future

THE university!

Welcome to THE university

The world class university

They derive pleasure in an article ‘the’

You could get stoned forgetting it

They took pride in honorary status

Being something in Limpopo

And another thing south of Sahara!

Welcome to THE university

Where village primitivity is halted

Where ladies do not wear clothes

They sensor significant details!

Where boys have thighs on the arms

The effect of lifting weights

Where big balls and small balls

Refer to no masculine anatomy assets

But powerful political rivalry

Welcome to THE university

Where ‘exile’ is a celebrated culture

Without having your life threatened.

Where elections are free and fair

And far from fair yet free.

Where we never cook but prepare meals

And only we know the difference.

Yes, I was there

Ready to learn, that ‘soup’

Had nothing to do with stews.

Ready to be called ‘Idiot’ by professors.

Ready to learn new wild cultures

Of ‘mwakenya’ and ‘ponyoka na fresha’

Ready to learn that ‘kuoga’

Had nothing to do with soap and water.

All in all,

I was there, at THE university

Ready to take on what was to come

To make myself a better man.