Shadows : poems / Emmanuel Fru Doh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doh, Emmanuel Fru.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African poetry (English).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, [Cameroon] : Langaa RPCIG, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shadows, as the title insinuates, splits open and lays bare the frightening vision of humanity, the heart of man depressed, a veritable inferno in which there is little to be enjoyed and everything to be endured, as all is vanity, a gnawing emptiness. Nothing is but what it seems. Simple but without being simplistic, there is in the damp climate of Doh's poetry broken promises, displaced emotional centres, a pervading sense of doom, of impending disaster, and a total helplessness reminiscent of Plato's proverbial mythical cave in which all reality is but shadow, devoid of substance, with the o

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; LAMENTATION; TELLING AFRICA; GANG-RAPED; OF CHANGING TIDES; THE ETOUDI EXAMPLE; FON OF FONS IN BAMENDA; BIKUTSI LANDLORD; THE AFRICAN DINOSAUR; BOBOLO OATH; CHEAP TALK; DEATH AGAIN; LAGOS-IBADAN 2007; THIS RUSH PALAVER; THE PERSECUTION; THE THING ABOUT PROGRESS.; OYINBO NA WA; EVEN BEFORE PURGATORIO; DISILLUSIONED; BRETHREN; THE WIND; THIS VILLAGE-MENTALITY; THE POST OFFICE; LIGHTED WATERS; CONSULTATION; LOSING TRACK; FALLING DOWN; THIS RIVALRY; ON BEING JUDGMENTAL; THE RAINBOW; STRANGE TREASURES; BLOOD; THE NEWS OF DEATH

WHISPERS FROM BEYONDPLAYING FOX; CELEBRATION; THE GONG; WITHIN FISSURES; I WILL REMEMBER YOU; NZALE; ROLL-CALL '71; LONE WARRIOR; ON BEING AN ADULT; YESTERDAY; IGWE OCHA I; IGWE OCHA II; THE LIGHTHOUSE; PEOPLE FOR HELEP; THESE TIDES; THE BOOMERANG; THE HARVEST; THE SOUNDS OF AFRICA; DICOTS; ON BEING A TEACHER; CONSUMMATION; HOW TO LOVE; THE CRAFTSMAN; RHYTHM IN OUR SEASONS; TO GENTLE LABOUR; THE TRAIL; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-06363-8

9786613063632

9956-579-66-1

9956-579-65-3

9956-579-64-5

OCLC:

816883904