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    A Silent Voice in the Land
    A Silent Voice in the Land
    A Silent Voice in the Land
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    A Silent Voice in the Land

    By Hassan Mamman Lai

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    In a period of dearth in writing even within academic circle, this collection of poems, "a silent voice in the land" coming as a second publication of a collection of poems by this author is a good source of reprieve that perhaps all is not lost in the art of writing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateNov 29, 2010
    ISBN9781453583319
    A Silent Voice in the Land
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    Hassan Mamman Lai

    Brigadier General Hassan Mamman Lai, popularly known among colleagues as All the Way was a Directing Staff at the Nigerian Defence College, Nigeria before his secondment to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in Abuja, Nigeria as Chief of Staff of ECOWAS Standby Force. He holds a M a s t e r s d e g r e e i n Defence and Strategic Studies. He is the author ofThe Infantryman in the Regiment, Reflections of a Soldier among others.

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      Book preview

      A Silent Voice in the Land - Hassan Mamman Lai

      A

      SILENT

      VOICE

      IN THE LAND

      300728-LAI1-layout-low.pdf

      Brigadier General

      Hassan Mamman Lai

      Copyright © 2010 by Hassan Mamman Lai.

      e-mail: mammanlai@yahoo.com

      ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4535-8872-7

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4535-8331-9

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This book was printed in the United States of America.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      0-800-644-6988

      www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      Orders@Xlibrispublishing.co.uk

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      Contents

      FOREWORD

      PREFACE

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      A GOOD SOLDIER

      A SIMPLE TALK

      A STAR

      ALL IS WELL

      ANOTHER YEAR

      AROMATIC MESS

      ASO VILLA

      BATTLE WE FIGHT

      BEAUTY OF WORK

      BOKO HARAM

      CANDLE

      CHEER LEADERSHIP

      COLONEL YOHANNA ANTYEN MADAKI

      CONSUMMATION

      DO SOMETHING

      EGALITARIANISM

      ELEGANT FIGURE

      EXTERNALITIES

      FEAR OF FEAR

      FIGURE OF LOVE

      FOREVER GONE

      GENERAL ISHAYA ISA HASSAN

      GOODNESS

      HARMATTAN IN ZARIA

      HISTORY FROM STORY

      HUMAN ENERGY

      HUMAN FRAILTY

      HUMAN PASSION

      I REMAIN ANONYMOUS

      KEY OF MEMORY

      KIDS

      LESSONS OF LIFE

      LET US LISTEN

      LISTENING HEART

      MOTHER

      MY ARMOURED SUIT

      MY CHOICE

      MY DUES

      MY HERO

      MY WILL-POWER

      NIGERIA AT 50

      NO MORE

      NO WHERE

      NOTHING IS NEW

      NOW I UNDERSTAND

      OLD BOY

      OPENESS

      OUR SUCCESS

      PARALLAX

      PLACE TO COME

      REFORMATION

      RELIGION

      SELECTED HONOURABLE

      SWEET PAINS

      THAT WE SAW

      THE COUNTRY I CALL MINE

      THE LIGHT IN US

      TILL TOMORROW

      TRY AS MUCH

      VAIN GLORY

      WALL

      WATERSHED IN NIGERIA

      WHAT I AM

      WHEN I SPEAK

      DEDICATION

      To

      All

      POETS

      Past, Present, Future.

      FOREWORD

      In a period of dearth in writing even within academic circle, this collection of poems "a silent nvoice in the land" coming as a second publication of a collection of poems by this author is a good source of reprieve that perhaps all is not lost in the art of writing.

      His ability to fathom the feats and defeats of life and to render same in a picturesque way shows a balance of mental and physical agilities. Military men are known to possess the former much more than the latter. This rare gem not only possesses physical and mental agilities, that are lacking in our societies today, but possess a plethora of qualities, that you hardly believe he is not a devout academician, or a courteous diplomat, or a committed philanthropist, or a professional soldier.

      The ability of the author to ruminate with conscience and weave poems over certain activities of life which are taken for granted, while in essence they constitute the basic strings that binds society together is a testimony of the profundity of thought and his ability to utilize complimentarily the experiences of

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