Long Dreams in Short Chapters
Long Dreams in Short Chapters

Author: Wumi Raji

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 3825818411

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This book is concerned with, in the main, the whole question of the transformation of the identities of the different peoples of postcolonial Africa. Even so, it is clear that the issues raised would resonate clearly in similar contexts in other parts of the world. Long Dreams in Short Chapters is a remarkable achievement, a brilliant and magisterial remapping of the African text in its literary, cultural, and political dimensions. Author Wumi Raji's globalist and transnational sensitivities make this book an effortless unpacking of the complexities of the African literary process and it is a landmark contribution to African thought.

The Fourth Masquerade
The Fourth Masquerade

Author: Yeibo, Ebi

Publisher: Kraft Books

Published: 2015-04-27

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9789181698

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As one of the most important Nigerian poets who continue to write the nation in verse, Yeibo, in this fifth collection of poems, has strategically fashioned a kind of poetry that does not only derive its idiom from the prosody and folk tradition of the Izon of Nigeria, it equally advances the poet’s vision through form and structure. His recourse to folklore and reliance on oral materials in the image making process gives coherence and form to the poems. However, what distinguishes this collection from the previous ones is the question of the form through which he demonstrates an intense awareness of the Nigerian experience.

Birthcry
Birthcry

Author: Nwakanma, Obi

Publisher: Kraft Books

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9789183682

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With unspeakable tenderness and palpable trepidation, Nigerian poet Obi Nwakanma captures the universal experience of childbirth. From his earlier collection The Horsemen and Other Poems, Nwakanma has become a “sojourner from a tangled past traveling to an uncertain future”, trying to root, shape and steel his unborn child to a world filled with graphic horror and indescribable wonder. Along the way he meets his muse, the sixteenth century mystical Indian poet Mirabai, and recites Elizabeth Bishop over tea. Thematically, Bithcry is intimate, lyrical and unrestrained while retaining a measured, coherent and precise form.

Sea of My Mind
Sea of My Mind

Author: Raji, Remi

Publisher: Kraft Books

Published: 2015-03-18

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9789181167

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Having produced five volumes of poetry, with a vision conscious of nationhood, Raji has become a stable dependable and enduring voice in recent Nigerian poetry. A poet with a consummate political theme, Raji sees versification as an engagement in the socio-political discourse of his land, aimed at forging a just nation.

Spells of Solemn Songs
Spells of Solemn Songs

Author: Fasasi, Khabyr Alowonle

Publisher: Kraft Books

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 9789183240

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Spells of Solemn Songs is a collection of poems that raises strident voices of confrontation against the bastardisation of the space on political, economic, religious and foreign fronts as well as condemns without fear the lacklustre attitudes of some apathetic figures. It further redirects minds to some ideal African ethos and humane values that engender communal and social well-being and oneness. Carved in a language so mellifluous and so unreservedly resolute, its matchless rhythimic cadence enhances easy reading, flow and comprehension while critically challenging the readers’ perception of the world around.

The Tale of the Harmattan
The Tale of the Harmattan

Author: Ojaide, Tanure

Publisher: Kraft Books

Published: 2016-10-06

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 9789183119

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In this collection, Nigerian poet Tanure Ojaide adopts the persona of a homeboy griot returning from travels to be confronted by the devastation wrought by oil greed, politics, and technology upon his beloved Niger Delta; its environment, civilisation and people. It becomes a tragedy of corruption, suffering and dispossession in sharp contrast to the eco-sensitive animism of his youth. Angry, elegiac and lyrical, this collection allows the reader insight far beyond the reach of journalism or prose.

Naked Truth
Naked Truth

Author: Anyokwu, Chris

Publisher: Kraft Books

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 9789183291

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A potpourri of witted versification of a social crusader, Naked Truth reveals the kowtowing status of a nation’s sociopolitical and economic stability. It is a collection aimed at social re-engineering/regeneration and liberation from the ramshackleness of a political, religious, economic and cultural cul-de-sac. Stylistically rich dialogue, music together with its accompaniments and different linguistic codes show the versatility of the poet. “Naked Truth” and other poems in this collection are prophetically insightful, casting vivid and exact characters that match our everyday experiences.