Constimocrazy

Nsah Mala

Description

The lyrical pessimism of Nsah Mala's poetry presents a world characterized by violence, inhumanity and destruction, a world that is sadly too familiar. While many of the poems address contemporary issues in the poet's native Cameroon, much of the human-inflicted damage they describe is not limited to 'Cam-Kingdom'. Although much of the content is negative, many of the poems contain questions. These questions express the cynical voice of this politically committed poet, but behind them lies the distant possibility of a better version of the world in which values of love, peace and unity reign: 'Don't we know,' the poet asks, 'that violence is out of fashion?'

- Professor Nicki Hitchcott, University of St Andrews, UK

Sujets

• African
• Poetry

Informations

• Publié par: Vita Books
• Date de parution: 12 janvier 2024
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789914970166
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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C o n s t i m o c r a z y

M a l a f r i cD e m o c r a c ya n i s i n g

B y N s a h M a l a

CONSTIMOCRAZY: Malafricanising Democracy

By Nsah Mala

Copyright © 2017 by Nsah Mala Cover Art: Leo Arts (Leonard Mbenglo) Layout: Pski’s Porch

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing from the author.

ISBN (print): 978-9914-9701-7-3 ISBN (ebook): 978-9914-9701-6-6

Vices and hardships are the fertile soils on which saints should grow as they strive to reverse the trends. If you lose your sainthood to these things, be warned that hereafter there are no witnesses to justify personal weaknesses.

– Nsah Mala, 2016

Contents

PART ONE Ragtag: Back and Forth

The Torch Ahead Atlantic Shores Approaching Gorée Island Spellbound African Dance Treading on Nachtigal’s Trails Hills and Plains I Jogged into Mother Nature Think When Consuming! Married Off Against Her Will For Those Who Marry Girls The Refugees Humans For or Against Humans? Who Hates Mankind? Man, Follow Me to Class! Against Extremists Prisons This Thing We Call Peace Six Deaths Here! Blood on Our Roads Every Day? Family Autopsy in Public Hospital Healthcare Survey: Quebec versus Douala Wedding in Prison My Brother Loved Travelling! A Fallen Colossal Building Block The Magic of Female Buttocks Safety First

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 31 32

Glittering and Rotting I Wish I Were Born… A Stroll into My Past Kola Nuts After First Rains At the Washing Machine Longing to Become a Baby A Grandma in Big Babanki We Hail You, Dear Mothers! Sonnet for Delphine Shang Abused Divine Torch Sonnet for Baby Jesus Two Haikus for Baby Jesus One God, Many Ways

PART TWO Constimocrazy: In and Out

Forced into Oblivion King B is at it again. Forced to Rule Request from King B to God Roads Blocked for the King Mandate Emergency Executive Mandates Imported Feathers The Difference From Chief to Thief Roads of Emergence My Origins To Ex-Grandma on Her Divorce

33 34 36 38 39 40 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 50

55 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 69 70

To Those Sent Against Their Own Blood To Unknown Kinsmen Football and Referees Jigger Epidemic Dogs Where Do We Hide? We Long For Longer Days Orphans with Parents We Know It Very Well! People for Sale Welcome to Peaceland! Of Law Can a Jurist Help? For Freedom Fair African Resources Boundaries in Africa African Democracies Constimocrazy Constimocrazic Thermometers Sonnet for Dictators Security Interests On the Middle of a Hammock Miles and Missiles

71 72 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 95 96 97 98

PART ONE

Ragtag: Back and Forth

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