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- I Will Fly: A Collection of Poems
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
I Will Fly is a collection of 52 poems which bring to life a story of struggle and hope, the struggle of ordinary Cameroonians who daily entertain hardship, and of English-speaking Cameroonians born into a minority population. Disgruntlement leads to protests; but what happens when the protests fail to yield? Immigration and resignation, the latter, at times, becoming an invitation to death. Adventure and romance stand as the lifeline of others. Hope is a constant companion in these situations, inviting all and sundry to desist from giving adversary easy victories.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. iii-vi
- Part 1: For Food in a Spoon
- Part 2: Toxic English
- The Dark Side of Night
- pp. 11-12
- P for Presbytery, Priest and People
- pp. 12-13
- Concealed Tracks
- pp. 13-14
- God’s Israel
- pp. 14-15
- Book II: Waste
- A Noiseless Phone
- p. 19
- Book III: Accusation
- You Sink the Nation
- p. 23
- Book IV: Protests
- No Golden Eggcups for the Morrow
- pp. 29-30
- Part 1: Resignation
- Part 2: Escape
- I Will Fly
- p. 39
- A Dream Too Far
- p. 40
- Grandmother’s Luggage
- pp. 43-44
- Treacherous Hands
- pp. 44-45
- On Once Familiar Streets
- pp. 45-46
- Paper beyond Papers
- pp. 46-47
- The Doomed Day
- pp. 53-54
- No Glory in the Morning
- pp. 54-55
- The Snail Shell
- pp. 55-56
- Enemy in the Shadows
- p. 58
- Part 3: Adventure
- Behind My Camera
- p. 61
- Poet’s Block
- pp. 63-64
- The Words of Women
- p. 65
- Leave The Door Open
- p. 66
- Part 4: Romance
- Living in Him
- p. 69
- Three Women in a Pair of Shoes
- pp. 70-71
- The Woman in Me
- p. 71
- Unattached and Unavailable
- pp. 72-73
- Saturday Evening with Girlfriends
- pp. 74-75
- From Brother To Brother
- pp. 76-77
- The Longest March
- pp. 79-80
- Part 5: Hope
- Awakening the Stars
- p. 83
- Sit To Stand
- pp. 84-85
- Toss To a Friend
- pp. 87-88
- No Need for a Rocket
- pp. 88-89
- Now I Remember How to Pray
- pp. 90-91
- Book VI: Light for Africa
- Black and Gold
- p. 95
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956726592
Related ISBN(s)
9789956726226
MARC Record
OCLC
867785704
Pages
108
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No