The River of a Thousand Songs

Zaynab and Emeka meet at the great confluence of Lokoja. Through an old fisherman’s riddle, they discover that Nigeria’s strength isn’t in being the same, but in how our different cultural streams create one mighty, unstoppable river. In the town of the waters, where the rivers meet the eye Young Zaynab and Emeka sat beneath the midday sky She wore indigo woven robes, he in red and gold so bright Talking 'bout whose home was better, from morning until night.