Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke

A LIVING ICON

 

Her pen has kissed many nations, 
Her words have heal souls,
Women get delivered and baptized
in her revolutionary movement.

Purple Hibiscus, 
The magic of her pen,
Achebe\'s seed she is, 
What a successor! 

Half of a Yellow Sun, 
The tales of Biafran war 
Women the heroines,
Ugwu the testifier. 

Americanah, 
The tales of African-Americans 
Whose experiences are sorry, 
Toes scampering for safety. 

The Thing Around your Neck, 
The plights of women, 
Education, their means of escape, 
Nwangba wrestled with patriarchy.

Though tagged feminist, 
Her pen raises dust, 
A call for liberation, 
Patriarchal chains are let loose. 

Her pen will live forever,
Liberating many generations,
From cultural madness,
That has keep many Eves in chains.