Cameroon Anthology of Poetry

Cameroon Anthology of PoetryIn this carefully thought through anthology, Bole Butake brings Cameroonian poets of different generations, gender, regions, backgrounds and interests into conversation not only among themselves but more especially with poets from other parts of Africa and the world. This is a testament on the universality of poetry. It is an invitation for those in tune with poetry to reaffirm its magic and to spread the warmth of its embrace in celebration of a

He believes that

Dimmock Charlton

baby showers

she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune

the incomparable satirist

This poetic approach provides interesting analysis and synthesis

Chilling out is her mantra until she receives a sixty-day termination-of-welfare-benefits notice

A reader studies a lesson and tests himself through a series of “Brainwork” provided in this book

an openly gay

An unflinching look at the all but forgotten though no less shocking 1979 racial tragedy that divided Greensboro

It recounts in full the tragic death of David Bennett at the Norvic Clinic in 1998 and the subsequent independent inquiry which identified institutional racism within mental health services

Jonathan Jansen