I Will Fly
A Collection of Poems
Publication Year: 2011
Published by: African Books Collective
Cover
Title Page, Copyright
Table of Contents
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pp. iii-vi
Preface
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pp. vii-ix
I Will Fly is a collection of 52 poems which bring to life a story of struggle and hope. It opens with a first set of poems on difficulties faced by Cameroonian citizens. The characters fall in two groups: First, ordinary Cameroonians who simply cannot make ends meet, who daily entertain hardship. Unemployment, underemployment and related consequences darken their...
Book I
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pp. 1-
Part 1: For Food in a Spoon
The Burden of Sight
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pp. 3-
Brains in Bottles
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pp. 4-
Blackout
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pp. 5-6
Part 2: Toxic English
Anglo!
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pp. 9-
A Questionable Prescription in My Mouth
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pp. 10-
The Dark Side of Night
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pp. 11-12
P for Presbytery, Priest and People
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pp. 12-13
Concealed Tracks
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pp. 13-14
God’s Israel
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pp. 14-15
Book II: Waste
A Noiseless Phone
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pp. 19-
Book III: Accusation
You Sink the Nation
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pp. 23-
Book IV: Protests
Stocking Up For Protest Days
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pp. 27-
The Country Is Not People
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pp. 28-
No Golden Eggcups for the Morrow
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pp. 29-30
Book V
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pp. 31-
Part 1: Resignation
Holy Dust
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pp. 33-
Wait
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pp. 34-
Still
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pp. 35-
Part 2: Escape
Section One: Immigration
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pp. 37-
I Will Fly
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pp. 39-
A Dream Too Far
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pp. 40-
Leave
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pp. 41-42
Grandmother’s Luggage
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pp. 43-44
Treacherous Hands
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pp. 44-45
On Once Familiar Streets
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pp. 45-46
Paper beyond Papers
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pp. 46-47
Section Two: Mortality
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pp. 49-
Quitting By the Fast Lane
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pp. 51-
A Song of Many Pitches
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pp. 52-
The Doomed Day
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pp. 53-54
No Glory in the Morning
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pp. 54-55
The Snail Shell
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pp. 55-56
That Little House at the End of the Road
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pp. 57-
Enemy in the Shadows
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pp. 58-
Part 3: Adventure
Behind My Camera
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pp. 61-
Indispensable Intruders
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pp. 62-
Poet’s Block
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pp. 63-64
The Words of Women
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pp. 65-
Leave The Door Open
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pp. 66-
Part 4: Romance
Living in Him
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pp. 69-
Three Women in a Pair of Shoes
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pp. 70-71
The Woman in Me
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pp. 71-
Unattached and Unavailable
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pp. 72-73
G’glo
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pp. 73-74
Saturday Evening with Girlfriends
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pp. 74-75
From Brother To Brother
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pp. 76-77
Oh Woman
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pp. 78-
The Longest March
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pp. 79-80
Part 5: Hope
Awakening the Stars
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pp. 83-
Sit To Stand
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pp. 84-85
I Want Never To Wish For Yesterday
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pp. 86-
Toss To a Friend
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pp. 87-88
No Need for a Rocket
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pp. 88-89
Now I Remember How to Pray
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pp. 90-91
Book VI: Light for Africa
Black and Gold
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pp. 95-
E-ISBN-13: 9789956726592
Print-ISBN-13: 9789956726226
Page Count: 108
Publication Year: 2011
