Mandela the spear and other poems / [Atukwei Okai].

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Cover page; title page; copyright page; dedication; contents; foreword; i; the rosetta stone in the meantime of eternity; the bond-oath of ubuntu; still life: lilly lawns ... little legon ... moonlight ballet; a concerto for the black satellites: in the stoolroom of the soul; ii; the guillotine of time: fanfare for the uncommon woman; fanfare for cabral; watu wazuri; evensong at soweto; mandela the spear; a somersault of the midnight: nelson mandela, the african warrior; iii; on the soulscape of the bullet train; a tea ceremony for the neutron bomb; birds: regina and betty.

Dar es salaam: haizel at the 38th parallelkwabenya; and now to end the world news: agegeyan gethsemane; postscript; notes to the poems; about the author.

The strength of Mandela the Spear and other Poems lies in Okai's burning desire to celebrate the black experience and culture, through the iconic figures who symbolize those struggles and triumphs. Thus, not surprisingly, one encounters names like Mandela, Nadine Gordimer, Amilcar Cabral, Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, to name a few. Okai has long established himself as one of the towering figures in the field of modern African poetry in English. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of a vigorous reinvention of the poetic genre that revolutionized the poet/audience relationship, changed the.

The strength of Mandela the Spear and Other Poems lies in Okai's burning desire to celebrate the black experience and culture, through the iconic figures who symbolize those struggles and triumphs. Thus, not surprisingly, one encounters names like Mandela, Nadine Gordimer, Amilcar Cabral, Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, to name a few. Okai has long established himself as one of the towering figures in the field of modern African poetry in English. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of a vigorous reinvention of the poetic genre that revolutionized the poet/audience relationship, changed the mode of expression from scriptography to narratology, and the role of the audience from that of passive reception to active participation.

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