AND THE DRUMMERS CAME.

And the drummers came with their drums,

A long time ago they came, from distant lands.

And they arrived upon our shores

Their drums, with drumbeats strange, yet overpowering.

.Soon the drumbeats sounded far across our land

And we began to dance to new rhythms

,And the drummers became our new dance masters;

setting the pace for us to follow

As we danced in foreign ways –

waltzing away in borrowed steps

choreographed in distant lands

Our movements stripped of our culture, our tradition.

.Then, it was time for the drummers to go

And the drummers left

But their drumbeats still remain with us

Our culture, our tradition fighting for survival.

.© Bassey Itam AsuquoSeptember, 2021