As Long as Trees Take Root in the Earth: And Other Poems Mabanckou Alain
A hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou.These compelling poems by novelist and essayist Alain Mabanckou conjure nostalgia for an African childhood where the…
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A hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou.These compelling poems by novelist and essayist Alain Mabanckou conjure nostalgia for an African childhood where the fauna, flora, sounds, and smells evoke snapshots of a life forever gone. Mabanckou's poetry is frank and forthright, urging his compatriots to no longer be held hostage by the civil wars and political upheavals that have ravaged their country and to embrace a new era of self-determination where the village roosters can sing again.These music-infused texts, beautifully translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson and supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, appear together in English for the first time. In these pages, Mabanckou pays tribute to his beloved mother, as well as to the regenerative power of nature, and especially of trees, whose roots are a metaphor for
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