| Description |
1 online resource (159 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; dedication; acknowledgements; preface; foreword; contents; marsh boy; marsh boy; this perpetual paranoia; welcome to our smouldering swamps; hunt down ephialtes; the cry of a disappointed doe; for mamman vatsa; a deranged gun; the tyranny of greed; avoid them; the horrors of history; to brig-gen wuyep; we're the killer bees; the felon is on the run; the fumbling king; on the margins of consciousness; the dialectics of corruption; echoes out of dark sepulchral hearts; how many mays more; this larcenous party; shifting fault lines; amnesty; moonlight blues |
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Now i've found youjasmine; eunice; this closed frontier; why can't we go now; waking up without you; woe is the man; prisoner of my past; demons of our wounded past; the bridewells of the heart; wounding words; when he returns; moonlight blues; with you; the rhythms of love; red hot lips; the harmattan is here; the dream of every lass; when i fall before you; a rare garden; my pudding butterfly; a libretto i hear; this pleasant habit; my rooster won't return to roost; little christopher is ill; glossary |
| Summary |
Marsh Boy and other Poems is a welcome contribution to the tradition of poetry devoted to the revolutionary struggles of the people of the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The poems celebrate the radical spirit of the oppressed and exploited people in their relentless quest for equity, equality, and justice. They are songs of anguish, revenge, defiance, love and patriotism |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Love poetry.
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Offenses against the environment -- Poetry
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Nigerian poetry (English)
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Love poetry
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Nigerian poetry (English)
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Offenses against the environment
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Social conditions
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Nigeria -- Poetry
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Nigeria -- Social conditions -- Poetry
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Niger River Delta (Nigeria) -- Poetry
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| Subject |
Nigeria
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Nigeria -- Niger River Delta
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789789182541 |
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9789182546 |
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