Okello Oculi is one of East Africa's foremost and pioneering writers. Born in Uganda, his poetry belongs to the same school as that of Okot p'Bitek and Joseph Brunga. It is a school that seeks to re-assert African cultural heritage with a critique of foreign influences. His voice is both evocative of a receding Africa and a declamatory dialogue with the new Africa. There are three main themes running through this new collection: the ecology of humans, animals and the natural world; Africa's ideological ancestory; and the interaction of political theory and literary enterprise.

Destiny bundles Fred in jail, in the company of a former judge, a Member of Parliament, a priest, a doctor, and other pillars of society. The author is a well-established novelist and he delivers a rendition of the scintillating encounters and escapades of the various characters when they were free - some of the encounters being the reason they are now together in jail.