Poetry

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I Will Fly: A Collection of Poems
2012, author(s)-editor(s) Florence Ndiyah
I Will Fly is a collection of 52 poems which bring to life a story of struggle and hope, the struggle of ordinary Cameroonians who daily entertain hardship, and of English-speaking Cameroonians born into a minority population. Disgruntlement leads to protests; but what happens when the protests fail to yield? Immigration and resignation, the latter, at times, becoming an invitation to death. Adventure and romance stand as the lifeline of others. Hope is a constant companion in these (...)
Voices from Africa and Beyond: A Collection of Poems
2011, author(s)-editor(s) Funwi F. Ayuninjam
In this collection Ayuninjam attempts to capture his sentiments on many plains. He also takes the liberty to capture the sentiments of other persons in his life and in society as a whole as well as the sentiments of other creatures that are part of the chain of life. As a result, much of what follows is occasional poetry, as he has more often than not responded or reacted to his sensations while also being a surrogate for those who could (or would) not express theirs. Having lived abroad (...)
Shadrach and Other Poems
2011, author(s)-editor(s) Oka Obono
The story of how the poems in this collection survived an inferno at the University of Ibadan will have to be told someday in a full-bodied narrative. Mostly written by 1995, the poems constitute an emotional biography, or a loose personal chronicle of events and contemplations occurring in a particularly fiery period in the author’s life. Often the products of extreme inner excoriations, they remain germane to a reading of his subsequent philosophical transitions and current commitments. (...)
Crying in Hiccoughs
2011, author(s)-editor(s) Alobwed’Epie
Crying in Hiccoughs is a graphic presentation of the more realistic phase of Africa’s politico-economic and historico-moral evolution in general, and Cameroon’s, in particular. From the colonial to the post-independence era, the poet sees nothing worthy of praise-singing and handclapping. So, he resorts to crying in hiccoughs and invites the blind, deaf and dumb brainwashed praise-singers to join him in singing his little songs so as to expose and challenge the demagogy. ISBN (...)
Sing Love 101
2011, author(s)-editor(s) Bill F. NDI
Sing Love 101 is a billicious gourmet platter with 101 love poems in which this wordsmith worth his words brings together the good, the bad and the ugly of human love experiences. The poems are glossed with the simplicity of a sweet gentle breeze that caresses the reader’s heart like that blowing across his childhood rice fields in the summer. The poet highlights “Love” as “the Dream” none should let die. This is a compelling volume to read. ISBN 9789956579044 | 96 pages | 203 x 127 (...)
Shadows
2011, author(s)-editor(s) Emmanuel Fru Doh
ISBN 9789956579877 | 92 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2011 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback
Silent Voices
2011, author(s)-editor(s) Ekpe Inyang
This collection of poems spans a wide range of themes and subjects, including culture, politics, socio-economics, environment, and human rights. The poems are a reflection of Ekpe Inyang’s close contact with and passionate observation of society, as well as his generous sharing of life experiences and personal philosophy. Ekpe’s poetic journey started in 1992, and some of the poems in this collection have been published in national and internal newspapers, magazines, anthologies, and (...)
Predicaments
2011, author(s)-editor(s) Francis B. Nyamnjoh
ISBN 9789956579273 | 96 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2011 | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon | Paperback
Writing Therapy
2010, author(s)-editor(s) Kwachou Monique
Writing Therapy is a varied collection of poems of a brisk, forward taste. The poet uses her poems as a form of expression of the harmonies and tensions that reassure and perturb the mind, heart and Spirit. This is a canvas of emotional expression from the frustration of the African youth to the declaration of the feminist, the desolation of the lovelorn and finally the weathered contentment of the Christian believer! ISBN 9789956578061 | 52 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 2010 | Langaa (...)
Toil and Delivery
2010, author(s)-editor(s) Bill F. NDI
Bill NDI’s Toil and Delivery can be as playful and loaded as the clues in a cryptic crossword puzzle, which is to say that they are marked by a strange, energetic hybridity. They occupy a dynamic space between nursery rhyme and visionary Romantic verse, between the colloquial and the archaic, between post-modernity and anachronism. They are local and global, political and personal, Western and non-Western. With experiences traversing both Africa and the West, Bill F. NDI is one of those (...)