LEADER 03181nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910824498303321 005 20240313162351.0 010 $a1-283-19848-7 010 $a9956-716-89-8 010 $a9786613198488 010 $a9956-716-06-5 010 $a9956-615-11-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000048404 035 $a(EBL)1135178 035 $a(OCoLC)830165731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487351 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11293658 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487351 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10442966 035 $a(PQKB)11142910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135178 035 $a(OCoLC)779485708 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22010 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135178 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333790 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL319848 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000048404 100 $a20091208d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShadows from the abyss /$fFrida Menkan Mbunda 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMankon, Bamenda $cLangaa Research & Pub. CIG$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (50 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-558-78-8 327 $aCover; 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 Know 327 $aCreated 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 Cover 330 $aThis 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 uniq 606 $aCameroonian poetry (English) 615 0$aCameroonian poetry (English) 676 $a821.92 700 $aMbunda$b Frida Menkan$01678136 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824498303321 996 $aShadows from the abyss$94045553 997 $aUNINA