Song of an Alien is divided into five sections referred to as "Books." Each Book has a number of poems related thematically. Book One is quintessentially romance. Book Two is a spontaneous reaction to loss love, memory and hope. Book Three contains poems dealing with our duty to state, to human rights and, to one another. Book Four is a long narrative poem addressed to the Aushi tribe of Zambia. It is a celebration of libido and the beauty of womanhood. Book Five contains forty songs of an alien, a symbolic character who reflects on moral, political and cultural matters.

In these moving poems on Zambia and Africa as a whole, we are presented with a vivid, compelling and masterful account of the realities of post- independence African life. The picture that emerges from this poetic drama is a people destined to remove themselves from the clutches of colonial domination and in simple terms come to grips with their way of life. Where did things go wrong for Africa in the past fifty years? What ingredients could have sailed the ship of Africa and Zambia in the right direction? What needs to be done for the benefit of the majority of the impoverished Zambians and...