| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 73 pages)) |
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Machine generated contents note: Lament of a Bush-faller -- Dreamland -- Africa Speaks -- I Know that River -- In the Color of my Skin -- Freedom -- Portrait of Freedom -- Chances -- This Burden -- Journal in Time -- Failing Values -- This Civilization -- First World -- Appearances -- Lazarus -- Like Black Folks Do -- Amidst the Civilized -- Raids and Braids -- Be Like Driver Ants -- Taking Chances and Talking Freedom -- For You Mr. President (2015) -- So much ado about Freedom -- That Thing You Do -- Blood -- Black Burden -- Conversations with a Cop Friend -- Democracy -- This Civilization of Circumstances -- Eclipse -- You and Me -- Illusions -- Shame of Freedom -- Farmer -- Social Carnivores -- Waiting to be Served -- Aftermath -- Thoughts of the Wouri by the Mississippi -- Missing Link -- African Family in the Diaspora -- Husband's Lament in the Diaspora -- Words to a Black Boy -- On Judging Lives -- Evolution -- Africa Looks Back -- Setting Sail -- Children of Diospyros -- Riddles |
| Summary |
In this collection, Doh straddles the Atlantic with voices that doubt, question, and lament the black predicament; voices that evoke the wisdom of Africa's cultural values in a manner reminiscent of the continent's orality. Like the echoing of the talking drums in the forests and the savannahs, these voices acknowledge the challenges and vexing truths of the hour: the plight of a people that have been buffeted repeatedly by waves of invasion, deceit, and betrayals, yet against which onslaught they remain standing, frighteningly tall in dignity and integrity |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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Poetry, Modern
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789956764525 |
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9956764523 |
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