The Biafran: Nigerian Regae

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Rasta Legend Maxwell Udoh is dead: Burial arrangements concluded

Arrangements have been concluded for the burial of late Nigerian reggae icon Rasman Maxwell Udoh of ‘Forward Ever, Backward Never’ fame. Family sources told News Express that his funeral programme would begin with the opening of the mourning house in his Ikot Idaha, Ibiono Ibom community of Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, 2015. There would be a legends concert and celebrities night of songs on Monday, June 29, at same Ikot Idaha Primary School field, Ibiono Ibom LGA.

Republic of Biafra Anthem

Land of rising sun, we love and cherish,
Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;
We must defend our lives or we shall perish,
We shall protect our hearts from all our foes;
But if the price is death for all we hold dear,
Then let us die without a shred of fear.

Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation,
O fatherland, this be our solemn pledge:
Defending thee shall be a dedication,
Spilling our blood we’ll count a privilege;
The waving standard which emboldens the free
Shall always be our flag of liberty.

We shall emerge triumphant from this ordeal,
And through the crucible unscathed we’ll pass;
When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal,
We shall remember those who died in mass;
Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song
Of victory we scored o’er might and wrong.

Oh God, protect us from the hidden pitfall,
Guide all our movements lest we go astray;
Give us the strength to heed the humanist call:
To give and not to count the cost’ each day;
Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,
To make this clime a land of righteousness.

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Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Rasta Legend Maxwell Udoh is dead: Burial arrangements concluded