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As Long As Trees Take Root in the Earth - and Other Poems (Hardcover)
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As Long As Trees Take Root in the Earth - and Other Poems (Hardcover)
Series: The Africa List - (Seagull titles CHUP)
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Loot Price R521
Discovery Miles 5 210
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A hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet
Alain Mabanckou. These compelling poems by novelist and essayist
Alain Mabanckou conjure nostalgia for an African childhood where
the fauna, flora, sounds, and smells evoke snapshots of a life
forever gone. Mabanckou's poetry is frank and forthright, urging
his compatriots to no longer be held hostage by the civil wars and
political upheavals that have ravaged their country and to embrace
a new era of self-determination where the village roosters can sing
again. These music-infused texts, beautifully translated by Nancy
Naomi Carlson and supported by a grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts, appear together in English for the first time. In
these pages, Mabanckou pays tribute to his beloved mother, as well
as to the regenerative power of nature, and especially of trees,
whose roots are a metaphor for the poet's roots, anchored in the
red earth of his birthplace. Mabanckou's yearning for the land of
his ancestors is even more poignant because he has been declared
persona non grata in his homeland, now called Congo-Brazzaville,
due to his biting criticism of the country's regime. Despite these
barriers, his poetry exudes hope that nature's resilience will lead
humankind on the path to redemption and reconciliation.
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