So, in 1978, that anthem was retired in favour of another national prayer as an anthem. Unbeknown to most Nigerians the real prayer for the country was written four years before the Amalgamation thousands of kilometres from Nigeria. The tale of Tagore, India and Nigeria make for the most unlikely of narrative coincidence. It is, therefore, not at all un-natural that Tagore’s prayer for Nigeria was also made in India. For Nigeria, they are Tagore’s prayer in the fourth stanza of Gitanjali 108 answered:Whoever you fling to a lower level will bind you to that level.

Source: The Guardian May 30, 2022 09:49 UTC