The Journal of New Poetry [NP] No. 5

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.

   
 

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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.

 

 

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EMEZUE, GMT (Ed), Journal of New Poetry No. 5, IRCALC, 2008 226 p.

ISBN: 978-9-7836-0351-6

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                                                                                      CONTENTS

Author

Title

Pages

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Editor

Introduction

7-12

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I. RETROSPECT

Samuel Allen

Tendencies in African Poetry

13-48

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Chin Ce

A Dance of the Ether:
Four Decades of African Poetry in English

49-74

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II. THEME STUDIES

Onyebuchi Nwosu

Rhythms of Combat:
Re-visioning Igbo-Biafran War Songs

77-94

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Arinpe Adejumo

Conflict Resolution in Oral Literature:
A Review of Yor�b� Satirical Songs

95-116

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Joseph Chikowero

 

"I Too Sing Zimbabwe":
The Conflict of Ethnicity in Popular Zimbabwean Lyrics

117-136

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II. REVIEWS

GMT Emezue

Francophone Poetry and The Other Half of History

139-148

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Marlene de La Cruz-Guzman
& Kate Nuernberger

A Harvest of Tears: The Vibrant Verses of Tsunami Blues

149-156

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CN Nkemdirim

'Teardrops on Marble':
A Random View of Wearing Glasses of Water

157-166

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Ismail Bala Garba

Challenging the Impediments of Power with
Jack Mapanje's The Last of the Sweet Bananas

167-176

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III. POEMS

Richard Okoh Ajah

 �Song of Heroes�, �Things Fall Apart�
 �Jazz and Palm Wine�, �Weep not, child�

179-181

Poems

Ismail Bala Garba

�A Strip of Wonder�, �A Nigerian Elegy�
 �The President�s Face�

182-183

Poems

Sylvester Omosun

�Jezebel Daughters�
�Na Thief, Na Thief�

184-185

Poems

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

 

186-187

 

 

 

 

191-223

 

Poems

 

 

 

 

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