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Revelations: Africa in Poetry

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Munyaradzi Mawere
2013
Published by: Langaa RPCIG
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This is a penetrating, refreshing, diverse and impeccable collection of insightful poetry on the realities of everyday life in Africa. The collection reflects on a gamut of issues, desirable and undesirable alike. Themes covered range from dissipation, corruption, war, love, bad governance, greediness, anxiety, religion, weather, time, politics, morality, economics, justice, natural environment to culture. To lovers of poetry, culture and wisdom, this is a must-read!

Table of Contents

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Cover

pp. 1-1

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

pp. 2-5

Contents

pp. iii-vi

Preface

pp. vii-viii

Poetry Revelations

pp. 1-2

A true mother

pp. 3-4

True love

pp. 5-6

That flies lands

pp. 7-7

Shall we say the war is over?

pp. 8-9

Labor pains

pp. 10-11

Who shall come to our rescue?

pp. 12-12

The end time

pp. 13-13

A prayer for forgiveness

pp. 14-15

Home coming

pp. 16-17

The winding path

pp. 18-19

Diasporians

pp. 20-21

A snake in the house

pp. 22-23

The chameleon’s wish

pp. 24-25

Pedro

pp. 26-26

T3

pp. 27-27

A treacherous twin brother

pp. 28-29

Zimpeto

pp. 30-31

The jiri

pp. 32-33

A continent called Africa

pp. 34-34

Fear no more

pp. 35-36

While the sun shine

pp. 37-37

The story of my life

pp. 38-42

Yes

pp. 43-44

Dear sister

pp. 45-45

Death of the tyrant

pp. 46-47

Time

pp. 48-48

If I am to live

pp. 49-49

Exiled mind

pp. 50-50

Unpredictable world

pp. 51-51

At the well

pp. 52-53

Permanence of change

pp. 54-54

Across the Limpopo River

pp. 55-55

School drop-outs

pp. 56-56

The cyclone

pp. 57-57

To my son James

pp. 58-59

Hero

pp. 60-61

God bless Africa

pp. 62-63

All started with marriage

pp. 64-64

Afghanistan Vista

pp. 65-66

A cry for freedom

pp. 67-67

On the death bed

pp. 68-69

Children of Africa

pp. 70-71

The way it is

pp. 72-72

Treacherous species

pp. 73-73

Street Kid

pp. 74-75

Troubles of my heart

pp. 76-78

At the mine

pp. 79-79

By the Indian Ocean

pp. 80-81

Babies of this world

pp. 82-82

November 2008

pp. 83-84

June 2008

pp. 85-86

What they say I am

pp. 87-88

Before sunrise

pp. 89-90

When love dies

pp. 91-92

To my husband, Farai

pp. 93-97

The reply to my wife, Chipo

pp. 98-101

Corruption

pp. 102-103

New media technology

pp. 104-105

My life as a woman

pp. 106-106

Death of the rural home

pp. 107-108

Worlds of this world

pp. 109-109

Harurwa

pp. 110-110

African City

pp. 111-112

Up there

pp. 113-114

Untied tongues

pp. 115-115

All that flies fly to land?

pp. 116-118

Language injustice

pp. 119-120

Death

pp. 121-122

A prophecy of revolution

pp. 123-124

Children of chaos

pp. 125-126

Fools

pp. 127-128

Songs from the forests

pp. 129-130

Africa voice

pp. 131-132

2013 Catastrophe

pp. 133-134

Where are you policemen?

pp. 135-136

Back Cover

pp. 137-137
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