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The Gong
The GONG Of my childhood rings louder Its echo hurtles in, faster Catching up with me Every night in my dreams The bicycles, donkey-carts The farmers open vans Raced up and down this pebbly road Leaving behind trails of dust I sat here, on this anthill On a market day Counting people, donkeys I was a loner then The mantis as my teddy bear. "A very good insight into the writer's perception of life - as a child, the woes of African teachers, life and death, religion, prostitution, marriage, witchcraft, love, hatred and existence. "These poems are genuine; and convey the heartfelt experiences of a very sensitive, honest and articulate spirit. You can tell that Christopher is talented. "Poetry i...
Between the Walls and Empty Spaces
Christopher Okemwa is a literature lecturer at Kisii University, Kenya. He has a PhD in performance poetry from Moi University, Kenya. He is the founder and current director of Kistrech International Poetry festival in Kenya (www.kistrechpoetry.org). His novella, Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre, won the Canadian Burt Award for African Literature in 2015. Its sequel, Sabina the Rain Girl (Nsemia Inc., 2019) was selected for the UN SDG 2 Zero Hunger reading list and is fast becoming a popular novella among young people in Africa. Okemwa is the editor of Musings during a Time of Pandemic: A World Anthology of poems on COVID-19 & I Can't Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice. He has written eight books of poetry and been translated to Armenian, Greek, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Arabic, Polish, Chinese, Nepalese, Turkish, Russian, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch and Serbian. He has also translated four literary works of international poets from English to Swahili. He is the author of ten folktales of the Abagusii people of Kenya, three children's storybooks, one play, two novels and four oral literature textbooks. Website: www.okemwa.co.ke
Chubot, the Cursed One & Other Stories
Capturing society's realities as played by characters rendered in these stories, this collection's recurring theme is the role of women in society, their longing for equity, and their triumphNoften depicted by heroines catapulted by circumstances rather than deliberate action of society to engineer their success.
Oral Poetry in Africa
Oral Poetry of the Abagusii of Kenya highlights characteristics of African oral traditions with a particular focus on the oral poetry of the Abagusii of Kenya. It shows that oral poetry in the Abagusii community covered every facet of life. The community's social-political and economic life, history, values, norms and customs were stored in the oral poetry, in addition to proverbs, riddles, and folktales. Notably, oral poetry coloured the entire life of Omogusii and was sung during birth, initiation, marriage, and death ceremonies. This book documents the oral poetry of the community in its original form, and in various versions that were practised or sung in different parts of the region in...
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Coming Out of Isolation
The alarm and the horror that characterized the years 2020 and 2021 are fading fast, gone, or about to go, while the gentle footsteps of the Guardian spirit can be heard yonder. Images of spring, sunlight, blazing candles, brilliant flowers, and moonlit nights are taking center stage in our minds. There is hope for a better life, and a healthy situation in the world in 2022 as people start to gather on the streets, hugging and kissing; their mask-less faces display laughter, giggles, and beauty. In incredible abundance, life has come or is soon coming back, rushing in, bending down to pick up its old cloth. This anthology, Coming Out of Isolation: Poems on Resilience, Triumph & Hope, features poems written by poets after their endless days in lockdown and self-isolation. The poems herein express the poets' feelings and thoughts in a new way with a healing tonal quality, brighter and pleasant imageries, and new lively metaphors.
Proverbs of Abagusii of Keny
Like most cultural groups, the oral tradition of Abagusii People of Kenya is expressed in, among others, proverbs. These capture lessons and meaning, modulated by time and context as they are passed down generations. Like riddles and metaphors, proverbs express the wisdom of a culture and find apt applications in many situations. Christopher Okemwa's work documents some of the proverbs of Abagusii, their meaning, context in which they are used and application thereof. In this book proverbs are documented in the original form accompanied by English translations in addition to lessons they offer. Embedded in this collection are cultural aspects such beliefs and norms which touch on many aspect...
蜂蜜酒上的暮光：漢英雙語詩集 CHRISTOPHER OKEMWA: Selected Poems
用「風的眼睛」觀看世界， 用「萬物的想像」書寫情感， 用「山川原野的憐愛」容納流離失所的孤獨靈魂…… 風吹過，即哼成一曲小調，肯亞詩人克里斯托夫以輕鬆的筆觸，描繪非洲日常的悠閒生活與寬闊野性的景色，讓讀者彷彿瞬間置身非洲。 他透過真摯的文字，書寫與家人朋友間的深厚情誼，並以聖經諷刺非洲政客捏造選舉騙局，悲嘆烏俄戰爭與疫情交錯下的血跡與腐朽。他用戲謔的語調上演一齣齣黑色喜劇，為這個動盪時代留下注腳。 路過的風可能想要沙沙作響 草或蜥蜴不小心掉到 水泥門廊上，翻身狂奔 穿過小徑，聽起來像有人急著回去 嘿！我喊出口，卻只有房間裡空蕩蕩 的回聲回應我 我已經歷過數次的到來 你的到來 還有那些回聲，像難以捉摸的夢 一樣降臨在我身上 並使我的感情虛假地興高采烈。 ──輯六•愛與美〈你的到來〉
In the Murk of Life
This is an anthology written by first-year students in the university that deal with varied social issues in the Kenyan society, but universal thematically. The poems provide insights into Kenyan society, what ails it and the fears and apprehensions of the populace.
Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre
Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre is a fast-paced thriller that winds through tales of encounters of mysteries and near-misses, underlining Sabina's unusual courage in the face of overwhelming sentiment of deeply-rooted traditional practices. ***** "Ogre! Ogre! Ogre!" women shouted. "Here comes the ogre!" voices rose. A vibrating snarl rent the air, sending Sabina into a tremble. Heavy footsteps came down on the ground outside with a force that shook the hut, like the initial tremors of an earthquake. Sabina wanted to scream, but her mouth became dry. She trembled violently. Her lips quavered and bit the earthen floor. Will she survive? Will she endure the bite of that ogre? No, she won't. ...
