BOOK REVIEW: UNVEILING POETIC COMMUNICATION IN THE WOMB OF THE CROCODILE, A POETIC PEEP AT LIFE CHALLENGES FOR CHANGE IN NIGERIA (PART ONE)

Abstract

In my kindergarten years, two major things happened that created a lasting impression that birthed  The Womb Of The Crocodile. One was the killing of a crocodile in a hunting expedition of five boys. One of us hit the crocodile with a cutlass and there was a boomerang that returned the cutlass to the forehead that left a big cut him. We looked for known leafs applied it to the deep cut and the blood flow stopped immediately. We then made fire, roasted the crocodile, removed the scaly skin and neatly opened the womb. To our amazement, we saw all manner of things in the stomach…glasses, brooms, bones, stones, sand, leaves, entrails of other animals, etc. We neatly remove them all and had a sumptuous barbecue!