In this Book
- Bites of Insanity
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
In this collection of poems Nsah Mala casts a critical compassionate gaze at the predicaments in the lives of present day Cameroonians. The poet lambasts power abuse in Cameroon and Africa. He decries the lost glory of traditional values sacrificed at the altar of ingratiation and materialism. Insalubrities are condemned, ignorance and its ramifications satirised, and wanton destruction of the environment indicted. With a fascinating richness of imagery, Mala conveys the disillusionment, bitterness and traumas of ordinary Cameroonians � young and old � debased with impunity by the lethal and sterile grip on power of the high and might. The moral depravity and human frailties mused about in this exceptionally compelling collection have no room in Mala�s paradise of Cameroon.
Table of Contents
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- I Have Hope
- pp. 2-3
- Hands and Mouth
- p. 4
- Best Friend
- pp. 5-6
- What’s Man?
- pp. 8-9
- Sometimes I Wonder
- pp. 10-11
- I Am An Orphan
- pp. 14-15
- After The Coup
- pp. 16-17
- Termites And Birds
- pp. 18-19
- Cloudy Day
- pp. 20-23
- Kfifoyn’s Verdicts
- pp. 24-25
- Family Farm
- pp. 26-27
- Eclipsed Family Name
- p. 28
- Kamerun’s Flag
- pp. 29-30
- Crying Fons
- pp. 31-32
- Dividing Calabash
- pp. 33-34
- Real Sons And Daughters
- pp. 35-36
- Dry Season In Mbesa
- p. 37
- The Young and the Old
- pp. 38-45
- Black Redeemer
- p. 46
- The Name Ngam
- pp. 47-48
- Special Brother
- p. 49
- Caring Carine
- p. 50
- Without Shallote
- p. 51
- Success Time Is Here
- pp. 52-54
- Toiling Widow
- pp. 55-56
- For Prisca Ansama
- pp. 57-58
- The Joy Of Studies
- pp. 59-60
- Make Sounds For Pounds
- pp. 61-62
- Musical Madness
- p. 63
- Righting Feyiyn’s Wrongs
- pp. 64-65
- Beasts’ Response
- pp. 66-68
- Babies’ Dump
- pp. 69-70
- Head In A Bag
- pp. 71-72
- Tonga 2011
- pp. 75-76
- Mournful Mondays
- p. 77
- Syrian And Other Graveyards
- pp. 78-82
- Dirt and Rubbish
- pp. 83-84
- Garbage Song
- pp. 85-86
- The Bank Of Secrets
- pp. 87-89
- Hygienic Corruption
- p. 90
- Hovering Above Yaoundé
- pp. 91-95
- Mokolo Slums
- pp. 96-98
- Dry Season
- p. 99
- Environmental Foes
- pp. 100-101
- Innocent Ozone
- p. 102
- Shrubs’ Emergency
- pp. 103-104
- Filtered Rays
- p. 105
- Leaves On Leave
- pp. 106-107
- Blood Banks
- pp. 108-109
- Malaria Exported Him
- p. 110
- Malaria And Fish
- p. 111
- When Mosquitoes Sing
- pp. 112-113
- Bites of Insanity
- pp. 114-115
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956792092
Related ISBN(s)
9789956792672
MARC Record
OCLC
905378111
Pages
132
Launched on MUSE
2015-03-20
Language
English
Open Access
No