{"id":53188,"date":"2023-08-03T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/?p=53188"},"modified":"2023-08-22T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:55:50","slug":"sabon-shekara-ojo-taiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2023\/08\/sabon-shekara-ojo-taiye\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabon Shekara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \u201cSabon Shekara,\u201d piety becomes an immersive experience that connects landscape, memory and belonging. This poem seeks to explore the notion of place, examining the ways that memories, childhood, visions, and hopes are evoked when we think of our loved ones in the context of faith and\/or legacy. As a Nigerian poet, I was thinking about my encounters with Islam, the one I first experienced when I lived in Sabon Gari as a child. From a young age, I was immersed in and fascinated by the rites of worship, and aware of how the kids in the neighborhood (spurred by curiosity and wonder) run into the mosque feeling a sense of duty and joy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2023\/08\/religion-and-nationalism-summer-2023\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid alignright wp-image-53052\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/This-article-appears-in-the-in-the-Summer-2023-issue-of-Fellowship.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/This-article-appears-in-the-in-the-Summer-2023-issue-of-Fellowship.png 1700w, 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