Shadow and Dream : Alive in Poetry / Harry O. Garuba and Aaron Rwodzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garuba, Harry O., author.

Rwodzi, Aaron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nigerian poetry (English).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, [1982]

Summary:

Harry Garubas Shadow and Dream, a slim yet highly influential collection which immediately gained a cult following, has continued to elicit the awe of poets and lovers of literature within the Nigerian literary scene. First published in 1982 when Garuba was still in his early twenties, it demonstrates an uncommon maturity, vision and understated confidence that have rarely been encountered ever since its initial release. With the publication of this edition together with a new foreword and introduction, Garubas landmark work moves from cult status to canonical validation. Born in 1958 in Akure, Nigeria, Harry O. Garuba, poet, literary critic, and distinguished professor, was the nominal leader the Thursday Group, an influential gathering of poets that emerged from the Poetry Club, University of Ibadan, during the 1980s and 90s. The poets, who were also fondly called the Thursday People, imposed stringent standards upon themselves in mastering their craft. Garuba and the rest of the group believed that poetry as an art form was meant to be lived and experienced in its entire range even if it entailed transcending the boundaries of sensibility, convention and nationality. Garuba eventually became a respected professor of literature and Africa studies at the University of Cape Town in South Africa where he passed in 2020.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

The Realisation of a Creative Dream

Contents

Foreword. Harry Garuba: A Priest at Christopher Okigbo's Shrine

Introduction. Okigbo's Overcoat: Harry Garuba

Introit

Of Poets, our Priests of Doubt

Shadow and Dream

To all Compatriots

Estrangement: Kano'78

Mind Buoys

Dream: Sea, Moon, Bird

Scar Poem

The Warrior's Love Song

Love Quartet

Communion

No songs tonight, my love

I want to dance out of my skin

Songscars of Struggle

As you plaited the waves

Night

Bubble

Ashewo

Slave song or a flag

Martyred May

Tower of dreams

Phoenix

Prophecy

36Our Legacy

Epitaph

Home

Four Folk Figures

Cock

Lion

Snake

Tortoise

Epilogue. A Bard and the Muse of Friendship

Back cover.

Notes:

"First published as Shadow and dream: and other poems in 1982, New Horn Press, Ibadan Nigeria."

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789956553044

9956553042

OCLC:

1407026203