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- Revelations: Africa in Poetry
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- 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!
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- Poetry Revelations
- pp. 1-2
- A true mother
- pp. 3-4
- That flies lands
- p. 7
- Labor pains
- pp. 10-11
- The end time
- p. 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
- A treacherous twin brother
- pp. 28-29
- Fear no more
- pp. 35-36
- While the sun shine
- p. 37
- The story of my life
- pp. 38-42
- Dear sister
- p. 45
- Death of the tyrant
- pp. 46-47
- If I am to live
- p. 49
- Exiled mind
- p. 50
- Unpredictable world
- p. 51
- At the well
- pp. 52-53
- Permanence of change
- p. 54
- School drop-outs
- p. 56
- The cyclone
- p. 57
- To my son James
- pp. 58-59
- God bless Africa
- pp. 62-63
- Afghanistan Vista
- pp. 65-66
- A cry for freedom
- p. 67
- On the death bed
- pp. 68-69
- Children of Africa
- pp. 70-71
- The way it is
- p. 72
- Treacherous species
- p. 73
- Street Kid
- pp. 74-75
- Troubles of my heart
- pp. 76-78
- At the mine
- p. 79
- By the Indian Ocean
- pp. 80-81
- Babies of this world
- p. 82
- November 2008
- pp. 83-84
- 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
- p. 106
- Death of the rural home
- pp. 107-108
- Worlds of this world
- p. 109
- African City
- pp. 111-112
- Untied tongues
- p. 115
- All that flies fly to land?
- pp. 116-118
- Language injustice
- pp. 119-120
- A prophecy of revolution
- pp. 123-124
- Children of chaos
- pp. 125-126
- 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
- p. 137
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956791408
Related ISBN(s)
9789956791613
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OCLC
870684306
Pages
148
Launched on MUSE
2014-02-18
Language
English
Open Access
No
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