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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464466303321

Autore

Kiguwa Melissa

Titolo

Reveries of longing / / Melissa Kiguwa ; Olga Lolo, cover artist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johannesburg, South Africa : , : African Perspectives Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-9922285-8-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 p.)

Disciplina

808.8100967

Soggetti

African poetry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Author's Note; At a Womyn's Meeting in Phoenix; Hometown Checkpoints; Reflections in the City: I; Planting Season; The Brooklyn Village Womyn; Lonely to Destitute; Dating 101; Insurgent Love-Making; Wanderlust; Brimstone in the Promised Land; Church Politics; Reflections in the City: II; Butch Queens at a Funeral; Raise the Sun; Nobody Talks; As if the Gods were Playing; A Poet's Prayer; Afro-Wanderings; On Distance; Sense; M; I Speak a Holy Ghost; Reflections in the City: III; Forced Penetration; If I were to Blow up the Embassy; 3:43 a.m.

To Trayvon and Oscar and Emmitt and Him and Him and HimReflections in the City: IV; Lust; Take Over; How to Love a Revolutionary; Praise; Yoga PTSD; Un-Broken; Acknowledgements; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Melissa Kiguwa is a blues writer, performer, a social critic, television and radio personality in South Africa. Raised by a Haitian father and a Ugandan mother, Melissa considers herself an Afro-diasporic nomad. Migration, imperialism, gender, spirituality, sexuality and capitalism influences much of her work. Her writings have been published in various magazine and media platforms.