Praise Song for My Children celebrates twenty-one years of poetry
by one of the most significant African poets of this century.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley guides us through the complex and
intertwined highs and lows of motherhood and all the roles that it
encompasses: parent, woman, wife, sister, friend. Her work is
deeply personal, drawing from her own life and surroundings to
convey grief, the bleakness of war, humor, deep devotion, and the
hope of possibility. These poems lend an international voice to the
tales of motherhood, as Wesley speaks both to the African and to
the Western experience of motherhood, particularly black
motherhood. She pulls from African motifs and proverbs, utilizing
the poetics of both the West and Africa to enrich her striking
emotional range. Leading us to the depths of mourning and the
heights of tender love, she responds to American police brutality,
writing "To be a black woman is to be a woman, / ready to mourn,"
and remembers a dear friend who is at once "mother and wife and
friend and pillar / and warrior woman all in one." Wesley writes
poetry that moves with her through life, land, and love, seeing
with eyes that have witnessed both national and personal tragedy
and redemption. Born in Tugbakeh, Liberia and raised in Monrovia,
Wesley immigrated to the United States in 1991 to escape the
Liberian civil war. In this moving collection, she invites us to
join her as she buries loved ones, explores long-distance
connections through social media, and sings bittersweet praises of
the women around her, of mothers, and of Africa.
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