The Bavino Sermons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rampolokeng, Lesego.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Deep South Books, 2019.

Summary:

Born in Orlando West, Soweto, in Johannesburg, Lesego Rampolokeng is a poet, novelist, playwright, filmmaker and writing teacher who rose to prominence in the 1980s, a turbulent period in South Africas history. Originally published in 1999, The Bavino Sermons includes such memorable poems as Lines for Vincent, Riding the victim train, To Gil Scott-Heron, Crab attack, Rap Ranting and The Fela Sermon.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

I RIDING THE VICTIM TRAIN

Lines for Vincent

Riding the victim train

A bavino love story at wet sunset

Wet pain ... tread with care

Ranterlude

Love you in flight

Blue V's (for you my love)

Crab attack / Intro to the master

Habari Gani Africa Ranting

Visions of salvation

II BELO HORIZONTE ON MY MIND

Belo Horizonte on my mind

III RANTS

To Gil Scott-Heron

The Cry of Disillusion

The Poem &amp

I rant

Ranting to Base-Heads

Lull-ranting for a stormy skull

Ranting Epilogue (in the survival of the shittest) 64

Rant notes from here to dela

Rant bent &amp

broken

A Nesses / Lesses Love Rant

Ranting time of the dark

Chorus for the damned ranting

Prayerant for the lying days

Rap Ranting

IV From AN ARTIST'S NOTEBOOK

A play, this land is the stage

Bongi

from Rainbow Revolution

from Redeconstruction

from Into the Death Zone

from Doggit

Coming Down Bricks

V THE FELA SERMON

The Fela Sermon

Wailers of the world

The word or the head

The second coming

The rampster comes straight

Save the next dance

VI A GADlMAN LOVE SONG

A Gadiman love song.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781928476313

1928476317

OCLC:

1265522688