Subject: IS NI GN S ........Work is the antidote for poverty uthor: !oseph "o#ayan $dunjo %!. ". $dunjo& IS NI GN S ........

Work is the antidote for poverty (As translated by Prof. Quansy Salako, who teaches Yoruba children in the Diaspora. Enjoy it .! "S# $" %%&'$ (S#........)ork is the antidote for po*erty +,-A S. "S# -E %-#/ +".......)ork hard, 0y friend "S# $" A 1" . D" E$" &"&A.......work is used to ele*ate one in respect and i0portance (Aspirin2 to hi2her hei2ht is fully dependent on hard work! 3. A 4% 35 -#$" 1/Y($ 6(, 3. %7E 78 5 -.9......if we do not ha*e anyone to lean on, we appear indolent 3. A 4: -#$" &3#4/7#,.....if we do not ha*e anyone to trust (we can depend on...! 8 A 6E-A +; "S# E$".....we si0ply work harder (Y5 -E 7/ 7;); 7;);.....your 0other 0ay be wealthy 3835 S( 7/ 7#S"$ 7#/48$.....your father 0ay ha*e a ranch full of horses 3. : 35 &3;<, 7# ):$,........ if you depend on their riches alone : 6# 65$ $" +: S: 1,$ :,......you 0ay end up in dis2race, " tell you :=>$ 6. A 4% 3A <(Y8 1,$,.....whate*er 2ain one does not work hard to earn. 4( . 7/ 6;<;.....usually does not last :=>$ 6. A 35 1A-A S"S# 1,$,....whate*er 2ain one works hard to earn $. . P# 7;); E$".....is the one that lasts in one?s hands. (while in ones possession! AP5 7A-5, (&'$P5 $(YE4A$...... the ar0 is a relati*e, the elbow is a siblin2 3. AY# $ 1# : 7;$(.,....you 0ay be lo*ed by all today 3. : 35 7;); 7;);,......it is when you ha*e 0oney $" ):$ 5 +5A 1# : 7;7A......that they will lo*e you to0orrow 683. 6. : 35 )8 $. "P% 86868,.....or when you are in a hi2h position AY# 5 Y# : S. 6/-.$@6/-.$,.....all will honour you with cheers and s0iles <# 4. : D" E$" $ -55&;,....wait till you beco0e poor or are stru22lin2 to 2et by 4. : -. 35Y# 6" . S.+, S. :......and you will see how all 2ri0ace at you as they pass you by /4; S( 6,$ $ S:$" . D%&5,.....education also ele*ates one in position +,-A 4. : 4; : D5-AD5-A.....work hard to acAuire 2ood education 3. : S( -. %P% /$(Y8$,.....and if you see a lot of people 6. );$ $ 1" /4; SE /-.$ -.$,....0akin2 education a lau2hin2 stock D54>$ +5 SE 1A-A )# ):$.....please do not e0ulate or keep their co0pany (Y8 $ 3% 1;+: 6. 4% &3;$,.....sufferin2 is lyin2 in wait for an unserious kid E4,$ $ 3E 1;+: 6; $ S5 4"-".......sorrow is in the reser*e for a truant kid +5 1%),-% SE-#, %-#/ +",.....do not play with your early years, 0y friend (do not play with your 0ornin2, 0y friend! +,-A S.S#, :<; $ 7:.....work harder, ti0e and tide wait for no one. (2et ready to work, the day is 2oin2!

+y law school friend ?6ayo :nasanwo shared this se0inal work by the 2reat Yoruba poet, writer and educator, <oseph 1olahan :dunjo, better known to all and sundry as <. 1. :dunjo, in BCCD. :n 6uesday +ay E BCFC the <.1. :dunjo +e0orial 7ecture was held at the >ni*ersity of "badan. <. 1. :dunjo?s Yoruba lan2ua2e books, Alawiye (parts F@G! were and still are co0pulsory readin2 in pri0ary schools throu2hout western $i2eria with the eHception of schools for the Deaf. :dunjo was the +inister of 7ands durin2 the Action &roup era under :bafe0i Awolowo in the old )estern -e2ion in the FDGC?s, and his influence alon2side the late Ianon E. :. Alayande, the late -e* 6. 6. Solaru and others in settlin2 local disputes relati*e to the sitin2 of new schools and 6eacher 6rainin2 Iolle2es, ensurin2 that land for buildin2 schools and 66Is were donated by the co00unities rather than sold, and educatin2 co00unities on the si2nificance of uni*ersal free pri0ary education, the necessity of fundin2 it adeAuately, and the i0portance of local cooperation with +inistry of Education officials was instru0ental to the success of the old )estern -e2ion?s free education policy. Si0ilar to 0y late Dad, he was an adherent of the socialist de0ocratic political ideolo2y espoused by the late :bafe0i Awolowo, leader of the Action &roup and its successor, the >nity Party of $i2eria. 6he estee0ed <ustice 4ayode Eso, retired <ustice of the Supre0e Iourt, had this to say at the <.1. :dunjo +e0orial 7ecture, whilst identifyin2 corrupt leadership as the 0ost worriso0e of the nu0erous proble0s bede*illin2 $i2eriaJ K<oseph 1olahan :dunjo wasL an eHe0plary personality and a 0an of 2reat pen, who de*oted his lifeti0e to writin2 ...:dunjo was not like those *a0pires who destroyed our resources in the na0e of election into offices. "t is just worriso0e that the country that produced :dunjo has also produced the ro2ues, thie*es and *a0pires in politics. 6he Mice Ihancellor of the >ni*ersity of "badan, Professor :lufe0i 3a0iro, saidJ :dunjo KwasL a celebrated author, no*elist, poet, creati*e writer and the best in YorubaNs traditional *alues ... his cultural *alues had been 2leaned as basis for scientific and technolo2ical de*elop0ent. Dear &od, dis0iss us with thy blessin2sO 7o lo l?ewon, ti o ba ro wipe odun 0eta ko po (2o and spend the0 in prison, if you think P years aren?t 0uch!. Q >nknown You should pray for three thin2sJ hindsi2ht to know where you are co0in2 fro0, foresi2ht to know where you are 2oin2, and insi2ht to know where you are. "t isn?t life that 0atters but the coura2e you brin2 to it ...3lessed be all sorrow, hardships and endurance that de0and coura2e. 3lessed be these thin2sJ for of these thin2s co0eth the 0akin2 of 0an @Peter in 1ortitude by =u2h )alpole