Aniakor, Chike C.

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UCLAUfahamu: A Journal of African StudiesTitleThe Ghost SongPermalinkhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/0qm4m8jfJournalUfahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 8(1)ISSN0041-5715AuthorAniakor, Chike C.Publication Date1977DOI10.5070/F781017404Copyright InformationCopyright 1977 by the author(s). All rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Contact the author(s) for any necessary permissions. Learn more at https://escholarship.org/terms Peer reviewedeScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital LibraryUniversity of Californial:hikP C. 106 Chike C. Aniakor Child, go hare before the night c::ores, 'Ihe man who is so tall His head cannot be seen Bend lc:M like a bow and look through your legs, his feet bome aloft on a cushicn of wind, sailing like a feather in a village ha.nnattan is not ale of your kin. Child, go hare The Ir(X)I'l is down and the night is sold to voices of maidens Cagir¥J the night wi. th dirges of nn::n scngs Their tril..ltphs the c:Ml hoots; 'Ihe night is still like a man en the crucifix where rren wi. t.hout bodies hold rreetir¥JS for their next victim. * * * * * Aniakor• obtained hiu M.A. in A1'l- Histo'f'y f1'om Jndi~ University whe1'e he ia present-ly a doctoral! candidate . lie wan f v1'me1'ly a lcctr.a•c t' in t Unil)r•r•IJi l-y of N1'geM:a, Nouk.ka. 

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