The priestess has abandoned the shrine <br />The gods have been bundled for sacrifice <br />The ancestors are trapped in the world of the spirits <br />Kola nuts no longer have the yam god salivate <br />The Iroko is no longer an Iroko <br />The Juju-mans stick is now burning fire-wood <br />The land no longer drinks the libations of her people <br />The Oja-flute is played <br />The Ekwe drum is beaten <br />And the ogene is sounded <br />But the spirits are no longer moved to dance the rain dance <br />The people of Umofia have become people from Umofia.<br /><br />konye ori<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/echoes-from-umofia/
