Cape Coast Castle. A Collection of Poems
ISBN: 9789964701703 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cape Coast Castle is one of three slave castles on the coast of Ghana. The poet believes that a place so savaged became a victim of society, and a new orientation can only come about by breaking the ancient silence. Naming the trauma involves him in exploring the condition of the African world. Weaving an intricate network of powerful images, his verse is both forceful and lyrical. A teacher of literature at the University of Cape Coast, the poet is acknowledged as a strong voice among the new generation of African poets.
Cape Coast Castle is one of three slave castles on the coast of Ghana. The poet believes that a place so savaged became a victim of society, and a new...
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111,11 zł |
Two Songs: Song of Prisoner & Song of Malaya
ISBN: 9789966467201 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poet, philosopher and artist, these poems from the distinguished Ugandan writer won the 1972 Kenyatta Prize for Literature. Song of Prisoner confronts the tragedy of Africa's decade of freedom. He traverses the whole spectrum of her political sickness and contrasts it with the enduring reality of the bush - roots of family and clan, and the optimism of Africa's children in the face of hunger, hardship and humiliation. Song of MalayaI, in lighter vein and contrast, is a harshly beautiful, lusty farce about the hypocrisy and cant of Africa's modern moralists.
Poet, philosopher and artist, these poems from the distinguished Ugandan writer won the 1972 Kenyatta Prize for Literature. Song of Prisoner confronts...
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179,89 zł |
The Defence of Lawino
ISBN: 9789970022694 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new translation of the late Okot p'Bitek's classic epic poem 'Wer pa Lawino', first published in Acholi in 1969, and recently listed in Africa's 100 Best Books. Lawino is a female voice, taking issue with her husband whom she witnesses imitating a European culture which is destroying a more deeply rooted African culture.
A new translation of the late Okot p'Bitek's classic epic poem 'Wer pa Lawino', first published in Acholi in 1969, and recently listed in Africa's 100...
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132,27 zł |
Echoes from the Mountain. New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene
ISBN: 9789780232412 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mazisi Kunene was South Africa's first poet laureate, one of the most important voices of twentieth century African poetry, whether in African or European languages. His four collections of poems published in English are still considered classics and major works of imaginative creation in African literature. This posthumous selection of 52 poems explores the cosmology and mythology of his Zulu heritage from a universal perspective is what defines the ethos of his opus. Much of his poetry is imbued with themes that touch on history, family, legacy, and the importance of the ancestors, worded...
Mazisi Kunene was South Africa's first poet laureate, one of the most important voices of twentieth century African poetry, whether in African or Euro...
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Fragmented Melodies
ISBN: 9789956558100 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Fragmented Melodies is a seminal, introspective work of exceptional freshness and contemplative diction transmitted in an enriched style that immediately grasps the reader's attention. Between Part I (Medusa's Spell) and Part IV (Homebound) the reader is instantly immersed into a multifaceted poetic universe that is both enigmatic and mystifying, reminiscent of Jared Angira's Silent Voices. Wakai's personae are inimitable and diverse, oftentimes imbued with passionate sensuality, despondent lives, and brutal nostalgia-the nostalgia of prison walls, defeated idealism, and incarcerated voices...
"Fragmented Melodies is a seminal, introspective work of exceptional freshness and contemplative diction transmitted in an enriched style that immedia...
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Coils of Mortal Flesh
ISBN: 9789956558148 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The diverse voices in the poems in this collection are unified in the single voice of the omnipresent persona who appears to be searching for a collective voice, some kind of order or rhythm that would impose meaning to life. Reading the poems constitutes an individual journey. This poetic journey from Awakening that takes the reader to Moonlight Spells & Wreaths and leads her/him through Laments to the Epilogue is a continuous movement in the search for humanity's existence. As a metaphor of self-discovery, the poetic quest is both an expression of, and a search for mankind's elusive...
The diverse voices in the poems in this collection are unified in the single voice of the omnipresent persona who appears to be searching for a collec...
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132,27 zł |
Once as Lovers
ISBN: 9780595474615 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Once As Lovers," is a steering body of collective poems that effortlessly captures the endearment of love and the aggressive spiritual power of sexuality. The book naturally offers varying perspectives and views that take shape all their own. It contains poetry that was written during the course of numerous encounters and exposure to relationships. It is a book for aspiring and engaged lovers of all things.
Chameleon in it's intentions, "Once As Lovers" suggest the most indulgent of experiences. This book provokes a gamut of different emotions and warms thirsty hearts. The author... "Once As Lovers," is a steering body of collective poems that effortlessly captures the endearment of love and the aggressive spiritual power of sexua...
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Blu Life 2: The Rest of the Story
ISBN: 9781516935789 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blu Life...the rest of the story is a poetic combination of thoughts, experiences, and moments in X Blu Rayne's life and the lives of many people she has encountered. She has decided to share this treasure with the world to let people know where she has been so that it can be better understood where she is going. You are guranteed to laugh, cry, smile, get upset, and might even get a little turned on. In the end, the goal is for you to feel the words on these pages and create your own. X Blu Rayne has been quoted as saying," The steps of your life may often seem without purpose. Know that all...
Blu Life...the rest of the story is a poetic combination of thoughts, experiences, and moments in X Blu Rayne's life and the lives of many people she ...
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126,21 zł |
Die hinterlistige Hyaene: Aus der Maerchenbuchreihe "Der Heilige Wald"
ISBN: 9781515334163 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Im Heiligen Wald in Westafrika leben die Tiere gemeinsam in einem Dorf. Sie leiden unter der anhaltenden Trockenheit. Die Ziege will nicht langer warten. Sie bittet die Hyane um Begleitung bei der Wassersuche. Warum die Hyane hinterlistig ist, erfahrt ihr in diesem Marchenbuch. Zuvor erzahlt der schlaue Hase Lio uber einen Nationalpark in Mali. Zum Schluss des Buches weiss er Interessantes uber Tiere zu berichten, die unsere Walder aufraumen."
Im Heiligen Wald in Westafrika leben die Tiere gemeinsam in einem Dorf. Sie leiden unter der anhaltenden Trockenheit. Die Ziege will nicht langer wart...
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Chaos Theory of the Heart
ISBN: 9781770090972 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the kaleidoscope that is Lionel Abrahams, we find poet and wit, lover and critic, a voice speaking to us - especially to poets - with an inspirational clarity.
In the kaleidoscope that is Lionel Abrahams, we find poet and wit, lover and critic, a voice speaking to us - especially to poets - with an inspiratio...
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69,29 zł |
Spirit Brides PB
ISBN: 9781857548525 / Angielski / Miękka / 71 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a collection of the author's poems, taking us from his vanished childhood in Zimbabwe to Europe, where he lived for some years, evoking fractured worlds both familiar and unfamiliar, real and surreal.
Presents a collection of the author's poems, taking us from his vanished childhood in Zimbabwe to Europe, where he lived for some years, evoking fract...
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53,08 zł |
Days
ISBN: 9789780810672 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new collection of poetry from one of Africa's great contemporary poets. A multi-award winner, Niyi Osundare presents the poems in three parts. "Children of the Week" presents poems for each day of the week - positing what are the real names of the children of the week? What are their peculiar characteristics and inclinations? What do they do to the passing of time? What dust is raised by their fleeting feet? And how do they manage their caravan of moments? In this unusual drama, every day is a character, vibrant and fabulously humanised. Myth and music enhance the poetms; each day tells is...
A new collection of poetry from one of Africa's great contemporary poets. A multi-award winner, Niyi Osundare presents the poems in three parts. "Chil...
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153,44 zł |
Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry
ISBN: 9780809328420 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This anthology is a work of literary archaeology that lays bare a genre of African poetry that has been overshadowed by political poetry. Frank Chipasula has assembled a historically and geographically comprehensive wealth of African love poetry that spans more than three thousand years. By collecting a continent's celebrations and explorations of the nature of love, he expands African...
From the ancient Egyptian inventors of the love lyric to contemporary poets, Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry gathers toget...
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133,09 zł |
Oriki'badan
ISBN: 9789956558889 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ORIKI'BADAN, is an entertaining, revealing, and equally didactic poem in which Doh, through an enchanting metaphorical backdrop, recaptures a memorable era-rich, diverse, challenging, yet gratifying-in the life of a distinguished institution-the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Characteristically bitter about those in power and the socio-political state of affairs on the African continent, this is a rare shot of Doh paying glaring tribute to his alma mater along with the distinguished faculty and student body that gave Ibadan its character during his days there as a student.
ORIKI'BADAN, is an entertaining, revealing, and equally didactic poem in which Doh, through an enchanting metaphorical backdrop, recaptures a memorabl...
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Letters to Marion (And the Coming Generations)
ISBN: 9789956558650 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this rich and compelling collection of poems the author explores the recesses of the imagination to reveal the different facets of contemporary experience. In doing this he highlights the social, the spiritual, and the metaphysical functions of poetry. The reader will find in the collection sincere expressions of feelings and penetrating thoughts, the genuine tone, spirit and taste of poetry and its ability to provide contemplative clues to prevailing circumstances. The preponderance of stimulating imagery and the overall display of ingenious poeticality reveal the poet as one imbued with...
In this rich and compelling collection of poems the author explores the recesses of the imagination to reveal the different facets of contemporary exp...
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153,44 zł |
The Duet an Anthology of Poems
ISBN: 9780976694113 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most of the poems contained here are deeply personal and reflective, dealing with aspects of human desires and despair, hope and love, and generally composed as interlocking statements about life and living.
Most of the poems contained here are deeply personal and reflective, dealing with aspects of human desires and despair, hope and love, and generally c...
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62,29 zł |
Shadows From The Abyss
ISBN: 9789956558780 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first volume of a patriotic poet whose heart is on fire. The poems touch on a variety of issues, some personal and private, other public - past and current. They range from family, love and longing; friendship and marriage, to culture, politics, corruption and death. They are cadenced and vibrant with different emotions: nostalgia, regret and outrage; loss, pain and pathos tinged with a touch of wistfulness and irony. In style and themes, they reveal a keen observer, a budding poet struggling to find her stride; to mine the shallows and the deeps of human experience, to give a...
This is the first volume of a patriotic poet whose heart is on fire. The poems touch on a variety of issues, some personal and private, other public -...
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Musings On Ars Poetica. Poetic Reflections on the Poet and Poetry in Verse
ISBN: 9789956558438 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A literary monument erected by a poet for poets with a vision for poetry as a special annunciation and the poet as a seer, spokesperson, recorder, analyst, adjudicator and advocate with poetic vision and poetic understanding. Bill Ndi, the poet has the rare gift of slipping into the self and psyche of his society to empty the dark depths where the treasures of burden and sadness are hidden. He empties and exposes them to the world to see how even personal repression of feelings by far outweighs those imposed throughout History by tyrants. It is above all, his greatest task of filling these...
A literary monument erected by a poet for poets with a vision for poetry as a special annunciation and the poet as a seer, spokesperson, recorder, ana...
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A Basket of Kola Nuts
ISBN: 9789956558551 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bold, original and stimulating in its inspirational insights, A Basket of Kola Nuts explores Cameroon's cultures as remarkable pivots of moral rectitude and such sickening vicious-circles as bribery and corruption. Ethnically grass-rooted and globalizing rather than alarmingly exotic and exclusive, this poetic diction of form-content aims at revitalizing its material contents to sever it from extinction and revamp cultural values that break the patience of silence to question deviation rather than the concrete interface of cultural identities and differences. Uprightly appealing, this poetry...
Bold, original and stimulating in its inspirational insights, A Basket of Kola Nuts explores Cameroon's cultures as remarkable pivots of moral rectitu...
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A Day in Mexico City: And Other Poems
ISBN: 9781438946924 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection, Nigeria's former envoy to Mexico reflects on life in Mexico but also makes strong statements about life in the developing world. He takes issues with poverty and its causes: bad leadership, lack of democracy, injustice, corruption and greed. The poems offer hope in the human condition, and empathize with the suffering of the downtrodden, the poor and the weak. They are lucid, easily accessible and trenchantly engaged with, issues of social justice.
In this collection, Nigeria's former envoy to Mexico reflects on life in Mexico but also makes strong statements about life in the developing world. H...
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127,71 zł |