03184nam 2200589 a 450 991079159050332120230721012414.01-283-19848-79956-716-89-897866131984889956-716-06-59956-615-11-0(CKB)2560000000048404(EBL)1135178(OCoLC)830165731(SSID)ssj0000487351(PQKBManifestationID)11293658(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487351(PQKBWorkID)10442966(PQKB)11142910(MiAaPQ)EBC1135178(OCoLC)779485708(MdBmJHUP)muse22010(Au-PeEL)EBL1135178(CaPaEBR)ebr10333790(CaONFJC)MIL319848(EXLCZ)99256000000004840420091208d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShadows from the abyss[electronic resource] /Frida Menkan MbundaMankon, Bamenda Langaa Research & Pub. CIGc20091 online resource (50 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9956-558-78-8 Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; In Bewilderment; They are Corrupt; The Justice of the Unjust; The Wedding Feast; Praying Amiss; Nature; Vogue; Dethroning; Orature; The Family Calabash; African Democracy; The Saviors; Unchangeable Africa; Working His Purpose; My Mother; My first classroom; Morning in my village; My friend; The stranger; The lone way; Land of Pretence; Home Alone; From Bondage Slavery to Free Slavery; Another dream Deferred; Frenches; The Manifesto; Someday; The Sacrifice; Handwriting on the wall; The Unstoppable; You Cannot KnowCreated in God's NameIn the Name of the Father; Tongue; African, the Unkown Land; The Ritual Drink; Life; Pen; Moonlit Night; Helpless; Mummy; The Obasinjom Warrior; For Mirthful Hilarious Ambe; Unity?; Black; Dance of Restoration; Enemy-friends; Nchindah; The beauty of closeness; Nonentities; The IMS; Fellowshipises; My Day of passing; Your Anniversary; Back CoverThis is the first volume of a patriotic poet whose heart is on fire. The poems touch on a variety of issues, some personal and private, other public - past and current. They range from family, love and longing; friendship and marriage, to culture, politics, corruption and death. They are cadenced and vibrant with different emotions: nostalgia, regret and outrage; loss, pain and pathos tinged with a touch of wistfulness and irony. In style and themes, they reveal a keen observer, a budding poet struggling to find her stride; to mine the shallows and the deeps of human experience, to give a uniqCameroonian poetry (English)Cameroonian poetry (English)821.92Mbunda Frida Menkan1551835MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791590503321Shadows from the abyss3811507UNINA