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A Fallen Citadel and Other Poems is a powerful collection of over forty prose poems. The poems cover an array of issues ranging from the crisis that ensued after the 2007-2008 elections in Kenya to other social issues: loss of identity, poverty, hopelessness, and AIDs. These poems are powerful, vivid, full of imagery, and delightful. Some begin tragically, but end with hope; they begin with an everyday event, but end with a philosophical question about the meaning of life; and others are not only disturbing, but also thought provoking. Abala�s poetic maneuvers in this collection are bound to delight and fascinate any reader.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright Page
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. iii-iv
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  1. Part I: Narrative Poems on Kenya’s Crisis Of 2007-2008
  2. pp. 1-23
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  1. A Fallen Citadel
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  1. Birthing of a Nation
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  1. Freedom Shall Be Ours
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  1. A Disillusioned Youth
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  1. Heaven or Hell?
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  1. No End in Sight
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  1. Cry Freedom Cry
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  1. Alive Dead Brute
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  1. The Unending Cliffhanger
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  1. The Evil Man
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  1. The Victory
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  1. Tribalism
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  1. The Internally Displaced
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  1. The Fruits of Uhuru
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  1. The Corrupt Daughters and Sons of my Mother
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  1. Let My Nation Be My Nation Again
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  1. Part II: Other Poems
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  1. Eulogy to Maragoli Hills
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  1. Lidaala (1)
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  1. Lidaala (2)
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  1. The Conundrum of My Life
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  1. Alone
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  1. Invisible
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  1. Defeated
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  1. Forever Lost
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  1. Another Missed Opportunity
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  1. The ‘Joys’ of Motherhood
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  1. A Woman at the Crossroads
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  1. An Elderly Widow
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  1. Daughter of My Mother
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  1. Dina
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  1. Fred, the Fallen Star
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  1. The Orphan Boy
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  1. The Death of My Son
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  1. The Boy Who Lived Alone
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  1. The Maidservant
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  1. Dead at One
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  1. Doom’s Day
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  1. Words Hurt
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  1. A Dying Man’s Last Wish
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  1. Am I Somebody?
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  1. Hana
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  1. The Drunkard
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  1. Have You Ever . . .?
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  1. The Bonfire of Vanity
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  1. A Voice at Dawn
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