Okello Oculi - For Mwalimu Nyerere (poem)

Okello Oculi

For Mwalimu Nyerere

You came on a laughter
winds blowing
survived;

Opening windows in our eyes
and history rushed in
till Mandela walked.

When you look over winds
Keep laughing at us
so we can hear tomorrow.

Okello Oculi is the author of

1976	Kookolem. Nairobi: Kenya Educational Publishers. (novel) Malak. Nairobi: East African Publishing House. (dramatized poetry)
1972	Kanta Riti. Kampala: Uganda Publishing House. (novel)
1969	Prostitute. Nairobi: East African Publishing House. (novel)
1967	Orphan. Nairobi: East African Publishing House. (dramatized poetry)
	and other works.

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