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THE FIFTH edition of the 2008 Journal of New
Poetry is appropriately tagged �Rhythms of Conflict� with the promise of greater relevance in the dynamics of poetry of the twenty-first
century and its appreciation.
Dedicated to Jack Mapanje, the distinguished Malawian poet and scholar
whose verses had brought him incarceration in the Kamuzu Banda
regime, the NP No. 5 hopes to
challenge readers of African poetry with the aliveness of
African art to the political and social concerns of the century.
Continues the
theme of War and Conflict Resolution in African Literature. Throws further
light on the poetry of National and Ethnic Africa. Theme Studies on the �Rhythms of Conflicts� have
selected papers from Zimbabwe and Nigeria which add unique contemporaneous dimensions to the poetic expressions in Africa
through
songs, oratory and music.
BUY
a Copy
EMEZUE, GMT (Ed), Journal of New Poetry No. 5, IRCALC, 2008
226 p.
ISBN: 978-9-7836-0351-6
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Editor |
Introduction |
7-12 |
Full Text |
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I. RETROSPECT |
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Samuel Allen |
Tendencies in African Poetry |
13-48 |
Full Text |
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Chin Ce |
A Dance of the Ether:
Four Decades of African Poetry
in English
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49-74
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Full Text |
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II. THEME STUDIES |
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Onyebuchi Nwosu |
Rhythms of Combat:
Re-visioning
Igbo-Biafran War Songs
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77-94 |
Full Text |
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Arinpe Adejumo |
Conflict Resolution in Oral
Literature:
A Review of Yor�b� Satirical
Songs
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95-116 |
Full Text |
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Joseph Chikowero |
"I Too Sing Zimbabwe":
The Conflict of Ethnicity in Popular Zimbabwean
Lyrics
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117-136 |
Full Text |
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II. REVIEWS |
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GMT Emezue |
Francophone Poetry and The Other Half of History
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139-148 |
Text |
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Marlene de La
Cruz-Guzman
& Kate Nuernberger |
A Harvest of Tears: The Vibrant Verses of Tsunami Blues
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149-156 |
Text |
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CN Nkemdirim |
'Teardrops on Marble':
A Random View of Wearing Glasses of Water |
157-166 |
Text |
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Ismail Bala Garba |
Challenging the Impediments of Power with
Jack Mapanje's The Last of the Sweet Bananas |
167-176 |
Text |
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III. POEMS |
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Richard Okoh Ajah |
�Song of Heroes�, �Things Fall Apart�
�Jazz and Palm Wine�, �Weep not, child� |
179-181 |
Poems |
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Ismail Bala Garba |
�A Strip of Wonder�, �A Nigerian Elegy�
�The President�s Face�
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182-183 |
Poems |
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Sylvester Omosun |
�Jezebel Daughters�
�Na Thief, Na Thief� |
184-185 |
Poems |
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FO Orabueze
CN Nkemdirim
& KH Brown
[Guest: Irene Marques] |
'Because of the Colour of my Skin'
III. LITERARY CHAT
Culture, Poetry and States of Being
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186-187
191-223
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Poems
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