Sallay Kama Sallay* By Moses Kainwo, Freetown, Sierra Leone Sallay kama sallay! Bosway! Bosway! Sallay kama sallay! Bosway! Bosway! Sallay kama sallay! Bosway! Bosway! Palm fronds in the sun Have catapulted the earth dirt into the eyes, In Wilkinson Road—in broad daylight: As if to construct anger and rage In slow-moving cars, In Wilkinson Road—in broad daylight! But no! There is beauty in the horizon Shining like sea in the road, Wilkinson Road—in the year of jubilee: And the blast of...
