Garri in Addis

Home away from home

Thousands of kilometres

Where hospitality friendly yet strange

Cuisines at variance with home

Consuming unfamiliar meals

To keep body system in function

Homesick, yet home afar

From nowhere comes the bang

Wow! an invitation from whom?

A dinner from home

Is it home in faraway land?

Yeah, like bridal excitement

All guests sat chatting away

Golda, who is Golda

Golda our hostess

Golda offered garri meal

Garri served with eru veggie

Oh, garri my staple meal

Oyi, garri in Addis Ababa

Addis needs garri for staple

Garri in Addis the solution

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* Joseph Peter Ochogwu is currently the principal research officer and the technical advisor to the director general of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria.
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