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    Contemporary Africa Through Poetry
    Contemporary Africa Through Poetry
    Contemporary Africa Through Poetry
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    Contemporary Africa Through Poetry

    By Sangu Delle

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    The present work has been inspired out of a conglomerate of ideas, ideals, aspirations, desires and questions that have survived decades of existence and independence in Africa.
    This anthology introduces poems which educate, entertain, inspire and challenge not only Africans but Humanity to arise and shine. But in a new light, it is the fervent hope of the authors that the present work will inspire the desire to excel in many hearts and open up closed talents wherever the seeds land.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSangu Delle
    Release dateAug 12, 2012
    ISBN9781476179193
    Contemporary Africa Through Poetry
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    Sangu Delle

    Sangu is Managing Director of Africa Health Holdings focused on “building Africa’s healthcare future” and Chairman of Golden Palm Investments Corporation, an African venture capital firm. GPIC portfolio companies have raised over $500 million in the last five years. Delle has been named Africa’s “Young Person of the Year”, a TED Fellow, a Tutu Fellow and one of Forbes’ “Top 30 Most Promising Entrepreneurs in Africa”. Sangu is a Trustee of the Peddie School, an Advisory Board member of Harvard University’s Center for African Studies and a member of Harvard Medical School’s Global Health Advisory Council. Sangu graduated with a BA, a JD, and an MBA from Harvard University.

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      Book preview

      Contemporary Africa Through Poetry - Sangu Delle

      Contemporary Africa Through Poetry

      Copyright © 2012 Sangu Julius Delle, Nana Kwasi Sintim-Misa & Samuel Yayra Amebley

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN: 9781476373157

      All rights reserved. You may not reproduce or plagiarize this material any form, written or otherwise, unless by permission from authors or publishers. Please send all inquiries to poetry@sdelle.com and visit www.sdelle.com. Published by Digital iNQ Ltd. (info@digitalinq.com)

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      2. Contemporary Africa through Essays (Samuel Amebley, Sangu Delle, Nana Kwasi Sintim-Misa)

      3. Flow Theory: A Lyrical Yearning for Perfection (Nana Kwasi Sintim-Misa).

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to:

      Our beautiful mothers;

      Nelson Mandela, beacon of Africa;

      Kwame Nkrumah, the salt that seasoned Africa;

      Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM), political satirist extraordinaire;

      Wole Soyinka, African literary genius;

      Henry Louis Gates Jr., our generation’s Booker T & DuBois merged in one

      A percentage of all profits from sales of this book will be donated to the African Development Initiative, a non-profit organization focused on sustainable development projects in Africa.

      About the Anthology

      The present work has been inspired out of a conglomerate of ideas, ideals, aspirations, desires and questions that have survived decades of existence and independence in Africa. Literature in English has been conceived of as a dark room where only the daring and adventurous enter. More especially are the genres of poetry and drama, which have the tendency of receiving very little or no attention at all. This is why the anthology – a product of people from various backgrounds- has sought to discuss and portray several perspectives of African and international themes in various tones. Themes range from affection, through the classroom to the highest office of the land (The Presidency).

      Far from being a compendium of mysterious and highly ambiguous pieces which often require a considerable degree of brain cudgeling, the present anthology introduces poems which educate, entertain, inspire and challenge not only Africans but Humanity to arise and shine. Some of the poems such as Imagine God and The Tale of Money will leave a wide, infectious smile on faces who read them. Others such as The Leader, Debt Relief and Diamonds are Forever discuss important issues which face the African Continent.

      The contributors have tried to reach their audience through very natural means using suitable language and dwelling on everyday themes. Pieces such as Legon and the Spirit of Corpus Christi were written to encourage students to aim at the skies. The anthology appeals to people and personalities from all walks of life and examines themes that have been previously considered by famous poets such as Wole Soyinka.

      But in a new light, it is the fervent hope of the authors that the present work will inspire the desire to excel in many hearts and open up closed talents wherever the seeds land.

      Sangu Julius Delle, Nana Kwasi Sintim-Misa and Samuel Yayra Amebley

      Foreword

      Poetry by Africans in English began in the 1940s. According to O. R Dathorne,

      "The period seemed right because of the intense political activity (to which the poetic expression was geared) that was taking place in West and South Africa. A new type of artist was needed, for no longer was the traditional artist able to voice the aspiration of

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