Research Catalog

Title

Corpses of unity : an anthology of poems / edited by Nsah Mala & Mbizo Chirasha = Cadavres de l'unité : une anthologie de poèmes / dirigé par Nsah Mala & Mbizo Chirasha.

Publication

Nairobi, Kenya : Vita Books, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mala, Nsah, 1988-
• Chirasha, Mbizo

Description

105 pages; 25 cm

Summary

Cameroon is no longer a peace-haven in Central Africa. This bilingual poetry anthology is a literary response to the avoidable but worsening and under-reported fratricidal war in Anglophone Cameroon. Written in English and French, the anthology brings together thirty-three poets from thirteen countries in Africa and beyond. The poets are concerned with the blood baths, burnings and other crimes committed in Anglophone Cameroon in the name of unity or division. Their poems paint raw images of the cruel killings of old people, pregnant women and children like those of #NgarbuhMassacre. They excavate the hidden mass graves and unveil the countless villages reduced to ashes and rubble. They recall the burning of animals and food and the brutal killing of nurses, patients and teachers. Their stanzas meander along with refugees in forests into Nigeria, into the jungles of Mexico en route to the US, and elsewhere. It is poetry speaking for human life and dignity, for peace and education, for inclusive dialogue, for reconciliation. It is poetry which should ruffle the consciences of those doing business in war, those pulling strings behind curtains, those who see oil before humans, those who trigger guns at their own brothers, sisters and parents, those who give orders to kill-in short, those who enjoy warfare as they profit from the spoils of war. This anthology seeks to raise global awareness on this forgotten war as a way of contributing to justice, healing, and peace in Cameroon.--Back cover.

Subject

• African poetry > Literary collections
• Cameroonian poetry (French) > Literary collections
• Cameroonian poetry (English) > Literary collections
• Anti-war poetry
• Poetry, Modern > 21st century
• Cameroon > Poetry
• Cameroon > Social conditions > Poetry
• Cameroon

Genre/Form

Poetry.

Language (note)

• In English and French.

Call Number

ReCAP 21-5543

ISBN

• 9789966133991
• 9966133992
• 9789966138996
• 9966138994

LCCN

2020339243

OCLC

1161689304

Title

Corpses of unity : an anthology of poems / edited by Nsah Mala & Mbizo Chirasha = Cadavres de l'unité : une anthologie de poèmes / dirigé par Nsah Mala & Mbizo Chirasha.

Publisher

Nairobi, Kenya : Vita Books, 2020.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

In English and French.

Added Author

Mala, Nsah, 1988- editor.

Chirasha, Mbizo, editor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 21-5543