"Wonder Woman" from the book, "Love, War & Glory" by Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire.

Wonder woman. My wonder woman.
There may officially be eight wonders in the world,
but as far as I am concerned,
the only wonder in this world is you.

You’re my light, my strength, my guiding angel.
You’re the reason I come home at night.
All the ingredients I could want in a woman are in you.
They say that nothing is perfect, but you’re as close to perfection as can be.

I have never seen someone so kind, so gentle, yet so humble.
It’s amazing how I feel whenever I am with you.
With you I feel that anything is possible.
Whenever I’m sad, you are there to provide me with a smile.

When I need support, you provide me with a rock to stand on.
And most of all, the love you provide is everlasting.
Wonder woman. You’re my wonder woman now and forever more.
I really do not want to be without you.

You’re my wonder woman for life.


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In this groundbreaking collection of essays Pius Adesanmi tries to unravel what it is that Africa means to him as an African, and by extension to all those who inhabit this continent of extremes. This is a question that exercised some of the continent's finest minds in the twentieth century, but which pan-Africanism, Negritude, nationalism, decolonization and all the other projects through which Africans sought to restore their humanity ultimately failed to answer. Criss-crossing the continent, Pius Adesanmi engages with the enigma that is Africa in an attempt to make meaning of this question for all twenty-first century Africans.

Pius Adesanmi was a Nigerian-born Canadian professor, writer, literary critic, satirist, and columnist. He was the author of Naija No Dey Carry Last, a 2015 collection of satirical essays. Adesanmi died on 10 March 2019, when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after take-off.