Sonnets Dedicated to Obafemi Awolowo.part three.

In 2026, the legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo continues to be defined by his "Action Group" philosophy—the belief that political power is only a means to a socialist end, and that the media is the primary tool to ensure that end remains transparent.

Sonnet XXXI: The Logic of the Action Group

He formed a phalanx of the sharpest minds,

To turn the "Action Group" into a force.

For socialism is the thread that binds

The nation to its most productive course.

He did not rely on slogans or on luck,

But organized the worker and the farm;

When others faltered, he was the one who struck,

To shield the common man from further harm.

The Tribune was the herald of the plan,

Detailed in every column, every line,

To prove that in the heart of every man,

A socialist potential was designed.

He turned a party to a thinking school,

And made the will of many his one rule.

Sonnet XXXII: The Cocoa-Funded Revolution

He looked upon the harvest of the West,

The golden pods that hung from every tree.

He saw in them the answer to the quest:

To make the African forever free.

Not through the barrel of a Soviet gun,

But through the marketing of peasant's toil;

The "Scientific" work was finally begun,

To pull the socialist riches from the soil.

With cocoa gold, he built the TV tower,

With cocoa gold, he made the schools all free;

He turned the agricultural into power,

To shape the nation’s future destiny.

The Marxist of the land, who understood

That wealth must serve the common, public good.

Sonnet XXXIII: The Lens of the New African

In 2026, the archives hold the frames

Of black-and-white broadcasts from the past.

Where Awolowo spoke the people’s names,

And swore the colonialist's grip would never last.

He saw the lens as a mirror for the soul,

Where Africa could see its own true face.

To make the shattered, tribal spirit whole,

And lift the dignity of every race.

The media was his revolutionary fire,

A signal sent to every remote hearth,

To lift the human aspiration higher,

Above the dust and shadows of the earth.

The hero of the signal and the screen,

Who kept his socialist conscience bright and clean.