What is the quality of the quantity?
In a place where
He would get down
Rather than sit between two women in a public transport.
In a place where
She is asked why she walked ahead of him
Is told it is her place to walk behind him
And not enter a place before he does.
In a place where
He is scolded for being too attached to her hip
For fear that he will be soft and fragile
Hence 'NOT BE A MAN'S MAN'
In a place where
It does not matter
The level of education she gets or her IQ,
She is referred to as 'JUST A WOMAN'.
In a place where
He is left alone with responsibility of bills
Because he is the man and
it is his responsibility and his alone.
In a place where
She is locked out of their late brother/son's house
Because she didn't 'give' him a mini-him.
In a place where
Tradition is used as an excuse
To express their ********** nature
So he marries her
While she plays with her plastic doll.
In a place where
She is seen as not doing anything
Of importance or value
Because it cannot be quantified
As money at the end of the month.
In a place where
The number one mallam presents his "gimbiya" to the world
As a wound-up toy in his triangular doll house of dehumanization.
In a place where
WOMEN are tagged as not having what it takes
Because ONE woman failed at doing a thing
What is the quality of Our quantity?
©Belema.S.Ekine
Jun 5, 2017
Jun 5, 2017 at 10:26 AM UTC
What is the quality of the quantity?
In a place where
He would get down
Rather than sit between two women in a public transport.
In a place where
She is asked why she walked ahead of him
Is told it is her place to walk behind him
And not enter a place before he does.
In a place where
He is scolded for being too attached to her hip
For fear that he will be soft and fragile
Hence 'NOT BE A MAN'S MAN'
In a place where
It does not matter
The level of education she gets or her IQ,
She is referred to as 'JUST A WOMAN'.
In a place where
He is left alone with responsibility of bills
Because he is the man and
it is his responsibility and his alone.
In a place where
She is locked out of their late brother/son's house
Because she didn't 'give' him a mini-him.
In a place where
Tradition is used as an excuse
To express their ********** nature
So he marries her
While she plays with her plastic doll.
In a place where
She is seen as not doing anything
Of importance or value
Because it cannot be quantified
As money at the end of the month.
In a place where
The number one mallam presents his "gimbiya" to the world
As a wound-up toy in his triangular doll house of dehumanization.
In a place where
WOMEN are tagged as not having what it takes
Because ONE woman failed at doing a thing
What is the quality of Our quantity?
©Belema.S.Ekine
gimbiya: (the hausa word in Nigeria) princess
mallam: (the hausa word in Nigeria and other parts of Africa) a learned man or scribe
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