LEADER 02848nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910818726703321 005 20240314000622.0 010 $a9956-790-67-2 010 $a9956-790-66-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000389495 035 $a(EBL)1220917 035 $a(OCoLC)853361174 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001101097 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11677724 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101097 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11066650 035 $a(PQKB)11369692 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1220917 035 $a(OCoLC)851159723 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28689 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1220917 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10721180 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL498956 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000389495 100 $a20130625d2013 uy p 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForty acres and a mule /$fFonkeng E.f 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMankon, Bamenda, Cameroon $cLangaa Research & Pub. CIG$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (90 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-299-67706-1 311 $a9956-790-63-X 327 $aAuthor's note -- The promise -- Dream deferred -- Contradiction. 330 $aThese traveler's impressions across cultural and psychological spaces portray the two sides of this coin called life, oftentimes belligerent toward each other. In casting light on that dream of total freedom and the daunting contradictions inherent in its being and attainment, they represent a dialectic in our seemingly unending journey toward the shadow of the good life as we ceaselessly jettison virtue against vice. At a level, they confront a certain tyranny of thought, in more ways than one, challenging us to go beyond the comfort of our ideas and our upbringing and to dare to look at the world in ways hitherto only dreamed of. Another way this challenge is portrayed is in regard to language and the cannons of poetry. Because literary writing in this so-called global society may rightfully be considered as war by other means, the reader will quickly observe the, literally, take-no-prisoner approach embedded in many of the pieces - the generalized despondency on the ground and the unprecedented cacophony of voices in the 'global village' calling for nothing less. The general conclusion of these poems would be the deferment - promise of living even as they constitute a heightened harkening for us to live beyond existence. 606 $aAfrican poetry (English) 615 0$aAfrican poetry (English) 676 $a811.52 700 $aE.f$b Fonkeng$01635775 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818726703321 996 $aForty acres and a mule$93976732 997 $aUNINA