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- Takumbeng and Other Poems from Abakwa
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- 2015
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
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Takumbeng and Other Poems from Abakwa is a tribute to the Takumbeng in Cameroon. This collection of poems celebrates the prowess of the Takembeng, a militant female secret society in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. The poems address human rights violations, rape of democracy, misgovernment, and other forms of societal ills that plague post-colonial Cameroon. It is written in impeccable Standard English. The strength of the book resides in the vastness of the thematic terrain broached.
Table of Contents
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- Indigenous Mores
- Tribute to Takumbeng
- pp. 3-7
- Rite of Passage
- p. 15
- Kontri Sunday
- p. 16
- Come- no-go
- p. 17
- Radio One-Battery
- p. 18
- Mammy Wagon
- p. 19
- Nations within the Nation
- pp. 20-21
- Son-of-the-Soil
- pp. 23-24
- Aborigines
- pp. 26-27
- Ontological Wisdom
- Great Words
- p. 31
- A Word to the Wise
- p. 32
- Vantage Point
- p. 33
- Words of Wisdom
- pp. 34-35
- Laissez-Faire
- pp. 36-37
- Savoir-Vivre
- p. 38
- Life’s an Attitude
- p. 40
- Poverty of Affluence
- pp. 43-44
- Quiet Peacemakers
- p. 45
- White Ants
- p. 48
- Fate of a Continent
- p. 49
- Time is Money
- p. 50
- Cultural Relativism
- pp. 51-52
- Musings
- Myth of Sisyphus
- p. 55
- Disciplined Mind
- p. 56
- Walks of Life
- p. 57
- Eau-de-vie
- p. 63
- Backwoods Mentality
- p. 64
- Bomb Scare
- p. 65
- Sins of Omission
- p. 66
- Wages of Sin
- pp. 67-68
- Modus Operandi
- Ghost Town Operation
- pp. 72-73
- Barrel of the Gun
- pp. 74-75
- Pandemonium
- p. 76
- Clansman’s Dynamics
- pp. 77-78
- Other Vistas
- No Man’s Land
- p. 83
- Guantanamo
- p. 84
- Bygone Times
- p. 86
- Nouvelle France
- pp. 89-90
- The Human Condition
- Bulimia Nervosa
- p. 96
- Persona Non Grata
- pp. 97-98
- Tabula Rasa
- pp. 102-104
- Summum Bonum
- Checks-for-Degrees
- p. 109
- Baptism with Fire
- p. 112
- In Memoriam
- p. 115
- Bitter Pills
- Mass Deception
- p. 121
- Faces behind Masks
- p. 122
- Tale of Two Nations
- p. 125
- Pseudo-Spouses
- p. 126
- Death Tracks
- p. 128
- Prima Donnas
- pp. 129-130
- Causes Célèbres
- pp. 139-140
- Red Lights
- p. 144
- Color Blind
- p. 145
- Kokombioko Intellectuals
- p. 147
- Fool’s Paradise
- Pipe Dream
- p. 153
- Malapropism
- pp. 155-156
- Guinea Pigs
- pp. 157-158
- Locked Horns
- p. 160
- In God’s Name We Swear
- pp. 161-162
- Social Contract
- p. 165
- Pursuit of Happiness
- p. 166
- Soul-Searching
- p. 167
- Double-Speak
- pp. 168-169
- No Child Left Behind
- pp. 170-172
- Suicide Mission
- pp. 173-174
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956762538
Related ISBN(s)
9789956762408
MARC Record
OCLC
923821469
Pages
188
Launched on MUSE
2015-10-15
Language
English
Open Access
No
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