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The fourth masquerade : poems /
As one of the most important Nigerian poets who continue to write the nation in verse, Yeibo, in this fifth collection of poems, has strategically fashioned a kind of poetry that does not only derive its idiom from the prosody and folk tradition of the Izon of Nigeria, it equally advances the poet&#...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ibadan, Nigeria :
Kraft Books,
2014.
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| Colección: | Poetry (Ibadan, Nigeria)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Contents; The fourth masquerade; Questions hang in the wind; The burden of blood; They need new names; They need new names II; Rage in the desert; We hawk horrid memories; Facing the flames; Legends of today; The triumph of charlatans; The wrong inheritance; For Hamza Al-Mustapha; No festivals here; This land stands on its head; Open paradox; The howling wind; Fate of man; In this vast world; The child can pluck the moon; Naked in the sun; Song of innocence; Dunamis; Rhythm of the forsaken; The death of dark memory.
- Silence is not goldenPerverts on the prowl; Give us sanctity; Gives us life; The bankrupt mind; The delta of yore; The new stars; The road to fate; On human relations, dreams & the gods; Dark stars; The wide road; A loud homily; The patriot's compass; Rising above the tide; These yawning omissions; The kingdom of self-seekers; On the media, intellectuals, and marabouts; Plugging the holes; The laughter of light; The dilemma of the passover train; A hollow claim; The rats of McIver Waterside; Dreams; Mystery; Back cover.