"Stray Truths "is a stirring introduction to the poetry of Euphrase Kezilahabi, one of Africa s major living authors, published here for the first time in English. Born in 1944 on Ukerewe Island in Tanzania (then the Territory of Tanganyika), Kezilahabi came of age in the newly independent nation. His poetry confronts the task of postcolonial nation building and its conundrums, and explores personal loss in parallel with nationwide disappointments. Kezilahabi sparked controversy when he published his first poetry collection in 1974, introducing free verse into Swahili. His next two volumes of...
"Stray Truths "is a stirring introduction to the poetry of Euphrase Kezilahabi, one of Africa s major living authors, published here for the first tim...
The first novel to be translated from Wolof to English, Doomi Golo The Hidden Notebooks is a masterful work that conveys the story of Nguirane Faye and his attempts to communicate with his grandson before he dies. With a narrative structure that beautifully imitates the movements of a musical piece, Diop relates Faye s trauma of losing his only son, Assane Tall, which is compounded by his grandson Badou s migration to an unknown destination. While Faye feels certain that his grandson will return one day, he also is convinced that he will no longer be alive by then. Faye spends his days...
The first novel to be translated from Wolof to English, Doomi Golo The Hidden Notebooks is a masterful work that conveys the story of Nguirane ...
