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Author : Mamman Jiya Vatsa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Poetry of Abuja, Nigeria's Capital written by Mamman Jiya Vatsa and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tanure Ojaide
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000379051
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta written by Tanure Ojaide and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the depiction of the Delta region of Nigeria through literature and other cultural art forms. The Niger Delta has been thrust into the global limelight due to resource extraction and conflict, but it is also a region with a rich culture, environment, and heritage. The creative imagination of the area’s artists has been fuelled by the area’s pressing concerns of indigenous peoples, minority discourse, environmental degradation, climate change, multinational corporations' greed, dictatorship, and people’s struggle for control of their resources. Taking a holistic approach to the Niger Delta experience, this book showcases artistic responses from literature, visual arts, and performances (such as masquerades, dances, and festivals). Chapters cover authors, artists, and performers such as Ben Okri, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Isidore Okpewho, J.P. Clark, and Bruce Onobrakpeya, as well as topics like the famous Benin bronze figures and Urhobo Udje dance. Affirming the wealth and diversity of the region which continues to inspire creative artistic productions, The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta will be of interest to researchers of African literature, arts, and other cultural productions.
Author : Seun Badejo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477150161
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)
Download or read book Everything the Light Touches written by Seun Badejo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seun Badejo is a Geoscientist by profession and has a passion for fiction and Poetry writing. He is a member of the Abuja Writer’s Forum and a director on the Board of Nigerian Saving Nigerians; a democracy advocacy group based in Houston, Texas. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Geophysics from the Federal University of Technology , Akure . He is currently based in Abuja; Nigeria’s capital city.
Author : Abuchi Onyema
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664151400
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Within the Four Walls written by Abuchi Onyema and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the Four Walls is a dream within us to pursue happiness in a world that is not perfect—that is our motivation. The collection of poems by Abuchi Onyema is the inspiration in quintessential struggle of every soul: the consciousness of the imperfections and the aspiration of our contributions to raise above evil .Each one of us is a dolphin in the joyous journey from the abyss to dancing in the sky.
Author : Abiodun Alphonsus Ehindero
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481764675
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)
Download or read book Seasons of Musing written by Abiodun Alphonsus Ehindero and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a collection of poems over the years by the author. The poems are divided into six segments: life and death ;War and Peace;Nature, country, life and seasons;Love and passion;politics and finally, religion and spirituality.
Author : Abhay K.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9386432455
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Capitals written by Abhay K. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical extravaganza, evocative of personal experiences and unique insights, CAPITALS embodies a medley of harmonious notes struck across the globe, resulting in the confluence of poignant imagery and soulful verse. A remarkable anthology to acquaint you intimately with the Capital cities of the world, it describes in exquisite detail their undulating terrains and pulsating lifelines and their cities beckon even the most seasoned traveller with promises of discovery. Embark on a journey like never before, as Kwame Dawes in his poem Green Boy takes you to a night in Accra when the crescendo of drums finally overcomes the gunshots, or accompany Mark Mcwatt as he drifts down memory lane in the suburbs of Georgetown, and feel the raw emotion as Salah Al Hamdani laments of what has become of Baghdad. From Abuja to Zagreb, Seoul to Sucre, Ottawa to Wellington and Reykjavik to Cape Town, leave behind the trepidations of the unknown and the comforts of home, discard the frivolities of journeying to the physical facade of a beloved city-and set out to experience the world anew, for what this book offers you is a journey for the soul.
Author : Mwanaka, Tendai Rinos
Publisher : Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1779063601
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Best "New" African Poets 2018 Anthology written by Mwanaka, Tendai Rinos and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best “New” African Poets 2018 Anthology follows volumes in 2017, 2016 and 2015. In this fourth volume of these continent-wide anthologies of African poetry we have work from 154 African poets from over 30 African countries and the African Diasporas. There are poems in English, French, Portuguese, Sepedi, Shona, Yoruba, and Asante Twi languages. In 2018 there was a notable increase in the number of entries with memorable novelties regarding poetic experimentation: some of the poets have daringly sliced up words playing around with the spatial and structural patterns of their texts on paper. This may be described as both textual and visual poetry. Reading the poems becomes a journey with many paths, where the reader walks according to poetic rhythms and the hesitating breaks of action verbs and enjambments.
Author : Tendai Mwanaka
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1779331576
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (793 download)
Download or read book Best "New" African Poets 2023 Anthology written by Tendai Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 2015 to 2023 we have been able to issue out, yearly, an anthology of Africa poets, through 9 years of publishing this beautiful anthology of the best contemporary African poets and in the process we have published and archived over 1000 African poets. And this year without fail we offer you Best New African Poets 2023 Anthology which comprises several dozens of African poets from the Portuguese, English and French speaking African countries. We expect the anthology to continue into another decade but also to seed into other forms of poetic expressions starting from next year. We intend to work on Best New African Poets International Festival of the Arts, an event that will bring together all these poets we have been able to publish the last 9 years to showcase their talent in a week of festivities in Harare, Zimbabwe. This year's anthology has poems that cover the usual gamut of issues: love, unrequited feelings, relationships, death, poetry making, politics, and we were excited to see Mashigo tackling the ongoing Israel/Hamas war, and the ill-treatment of the Palestinian people for generations under the Israeli government; culture, religion, spirituality, identity, belonging, memory, individuality and all sorts of other existential dilemmas that the young African poets deal with day to day.
Author : Rinos Mwanaka
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1779272707
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (792 download)
Download or read book Best New African Poets 2021 Anthology written by Rinos Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Best New African Poets 2021 Anthology there are 18 French speaking African poets from DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Chad, Senegal, Comoros and more... 14 Portuguese speaking poets from Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique and 63 English speaking African poets from among other countries, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone. A full gamut of issues is dissected, from love, marriage, relationships, spirituality, politics, culture, tradition, environmentalism, and the interstellar etc. Included are two collaborations: the first deals with marriage, juxtaposing Monogamy vs Polygamy with the 21th century lived experience; the second imagines humanity living as intergalactic beings. The poets were asked to be imaginative (to be fictional poets), to try to create and imagine human agency in this interstellar civilization approaching. There is also featured 5 group interviews with 5 previous contributors to this series. These interviews were interactive and collaborative, with largely the BNAP groups interviewing a poet, critically engaging with their work and discussing the literary and social aspects the poetry addressed. And lastly 4 reviews of African poetry.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Horizon DAT written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tayo Olafioye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Poetry of Tanure Ojaide written by Tayo Olafioye and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanure Ojaide is one of the most important voices in the generation of African writers following Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. Here, the author investigates the themes and images in Ojaide's poetry; epigraphic howlings of Tanure Ojaide, the universality of Ojaide's poetry; and the impact of his poetry on society.
Author : Rinos Mwanaka
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1779255764
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (792 download)
Download or read book Best "New" African Poets Anthology 2020 written by Rinos Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best New African Poets 2020 Anthology, which can be in part titled the Covid Diaries is the 6th volume of the yearly anthology of contemporary African poets, Best New African Poets (BNAP). In this anthology the poets tackle the covid pandemic, some with fear, some with pain, some with anger, some with forebodings of danger; you sense the feeling of insecurity in all of the entries around this issue. This is understandable. As a humanity we have had to go, and we are still going, through one of the most terrible times in our existence, as millions get swept away in this tidal danger. But we will vanquish this monster, we will come out stronger, in the meanwhile as we fight this monster we continue celebrating our humanity in love poems, in spiritual poetry, in politics and governance, in developmental agendas, in foods, in day to day connections, which will outstay this menace. Best New African Poets 2020 Anthology has over 352 pieces from 140 African poets from among other African countries: Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Comoros, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroun, Namibia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana etc, and those of African Diasporas in Portugal, Brazil, the UK, USA, China, etc
Author : Lawrence Vale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134729286
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Architecture, Power and National Identity written by Lawrence Vale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Architecture, Power, and National Identity, published in 1992, has become a classic, winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for the best book in architecture and urbanism. Lawrence Vale fully has fully updated the book, which focuses on the relationship between the design of national capitals across the world and the formation of national identity in modernity. Tied to this, it explains the role that architecture and planning play in the forceful assertion of state power. The book is truly international in scope, looking at capital cities in the United States, India, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Bangladesh, and Papua New Guinea.
Author : Ebenezer Obadare
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268203121
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (682 download)
Download or read book Pastoral Power, Clerical State written by Ebenezer Obadare and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebenezer Obadare examines the overriding impact of Nigerian Pentecostal pastors on their churches, and how they have shaped the dynamics of state-society relations during the Fourth Republic. Pentecostal pastors enjoy an unprecedented authority in contemporary Nigerian society, exerting significant influence on politics, public policy, popular culture, and the moral imagination. In Pastoral Power, Clerical State, Ebenezer Obadare investigates the social origins of clerical authority in modern-day Nigeria with an eye to parallel developments and patterns within the broader African society. Obadare focuses on the figure of the pastor as a bearer of political power, thaumaturgical expertise, and sexual attractiveness who wields significant influence on his church members. This study makes an important contribution to the literature on global Pentecostalism. Obadare situates the figure of the pastor within the wider context of national politics and culture and as a beneficiary of the dislocations of the postcolonial society in Africa’s most populous country. Obadare calls our attention to the creative ways in which Nigeria’s Pentecostal pastors utilize religious doctrines, beckon spiritual forces, and manipulate their alliances with national powerbrokers to consolidate their influence and authority. In contrast to rapidly eroding pastoral authority in the West, pastoral authority is increasing in Nigeria. This engaging book will appeal to those who want to understand the far-reaching political and social implications of religious movements—especially Christian charismatic and evangelical movements—in contemporary African societies. It will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, religion, political science, and African studies.
Author : S.A. Abakwue
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450012531
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)
Download or read book WONDERS AND EVERLASTING POEMS written by S.A. Abakwue and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peoms and essays come in different forms, with many a momentum, force and timelessness. For example, some poems and essays are truly more powerful than others. Surely, WONDERS & EVERLASTING POEMS have their true station at the peak of such timeless literary works. Extreme bitterness can force the human soul to chant the poems of great lamentations. Indeed, when you have been through a very devastating war, when you have been captured and tortured by the so-called 'enemies', then, you would surely understand the raw meaning of unforgetable suffering. The poems of bliss are the songs of extreme joy. Have you ever been celebrated by those who once rejected you? A fantastic fate can force you to laugh the last laugh. And a pleasant destiny can carry you from the pit of total defeat to the very top of victory...."setting a rich table before you" right "in the very presence of your own enemies".
Author : Jeff Unaegbu
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781077275164
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (751 download)
Download or read book Ode on Lagos written by Jeff Unaegbu and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2006-01-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ODE ON LAGOS is a very descriptive poetry book about Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria, and other cities (Onisha, Abuja, Nnewi and Inyi). The first poem is adjudged the longest metrical poem on Lagos by a Nigerian. It is 700 lines long with a prologue, a body and an epilogue. The prologue and epilogue are written in fixed verse (6 syllables and 8 syllables for each line alternately) and are16 lines long each. The body is 668 lines long! It is written in fixed verse (pentameter for each line) and rhymes ababcdcd. First of all, the poem scans the prima facie scenes of Lagos (8 stanzas); next, it savors the colours of Lagos (stanza 9); then, it attacks its dirt (stanza 10), senses its smell (stanzas 11-12); and noise (stanzas 13-16). It also observes its conductors (stanzas 17-19), Agberos (stanza 20-24), finally, this poem relaxes on some sweet-bitter jeremiads portraying the inner core of Lagos from life in Ajegunle, economic and traffic struggles, fierce survival strategies, debauchery, fraud, psychological consequence (stanzas 67 and 68), fuel scarcity (stanza 69), church and herbal fraud through to more of the psychological mould. "Onitsha: The Resilient City" is 200 lines long. It is written in "beat" style. The poet uses the "rap" beats of today's music to encase the lines. The first verse is an invitation to all and sundry to "hustle for scanty spaces" in Onitsha . The next four verses deals with the smell of Onitsha, a motif then comes in (stanza 6), the dirt of Onitsha comes next (stanza 7-9), the noise (Stanza 10-12), motif and then the commercial quality of the markets of Onitsha (Stanza 13-20), dangerous beggars (Stanza 21-23) then comes a long portrayal of the survival frenzy of Onitsharians and finally an elaboration of the motifs (Stanzas 48-50). "Abuja" is only 5 lines long. It is a free verse. It captures the changing environment of Abuja in capsule picture form. The new life of Abuja clashes with the ancient lore of Abuja . "Nnewi" is a free panegyric poem. It portrays the prima facie life of Nnewi intertwined with its illustrious sons and naturalized citizens. "Inyi, My Inyi" is on the author's country home. It is a free verse. The first verse portrays Inyi as a changing place. Modernity is taken the baton from antiquity. The second verse exposes the palm resources of Inyi. The third verse is a revisit of the first verse in high sounding words. The last verse is an array of the illustrious sons of Inyi. Another poem on Lagos is the shortest poem of the collections in this book. It is a single portrayal of the heavy skyscrapers, rush, noise, dirt and coastal nature of Lagos - all in four lines!
Author : Ozo-mekuri Ndimele
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9785416496
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages written by Ozo-mekuri Ndimele and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume, which is the 5th in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series, is devoted to Professor Munzali A. Jibril, a celebrated icon in university administration, and an erudite Professor of English Linguistics. The title of this special edition was specifically chosen to crown Professor Jibril s academic prowess in both English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and to mark and laud his official departure from active university lectureship. 72 assessed papers are included from the many submitted. Papers cover the main theme of the volume, i.e. the interaction between English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and there are a number of papers on other secular areas of linguistics such as: language and history, language planning and policy, language documentation, language engineering, lexicography, translation, gender studies, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, pragmatics, discourse and conversational analysis, and literature in English and African languages. There is also a rich section devoted to the majwor traditional fields of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
