The new Carthaginians / Nick Makoha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makoha, Nick, author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African poetry (English)--21st century.

African poetry (English).

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

92 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Penguin Books, 2025.

Summary:

"In The New Carthaginians, time--and with it the world--is out of joint. A hijacked plane lands at Entebbe International Airport in 1976, triggering the crisis that leads to Uganda becoming a pariah state and later to the young Makoha's escape from the country. Concerned throughout with flight and falling, the sample and the loop, The New Carthaginians is a poetry collection of staggering originality: a work by an author at the height of his powers, in which the familiar Western canons of art, history and philosophy are prised apart and reassembled in a new configuration. Drawing on Basquiat's technique of the 'exploded' collage, Makoha's triumvirate of characters--the Poet, a Black Icarus and a resurrected Jean-Michel Basquiat--embark on a heroes' odyssey, gathering the symbols of a new mythos, through which the othering of Black life might be undone and the stage set for some fresh emergence, some transfigured understanding of myth and life. 'Hold that note,' writes the poet. 'In this place you are no longer the chorus . . . In any future, remember you are a New Carthaginian'"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-90).

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781802067064

180206706X

OCLC:

1516144865

Publisher Number:

CIPO000171507