Halala Madiba - Nelson Mandela in Poetry
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£12.00
Halala Madiba - Nelson Mandela in Poetry
Edited by Richard Bartlett & Morakabe Seakhoa
Published by Aflame Books, Laverstock, Wiltshire, 2006. First edition. Approx size: 21cm H x 14cm W (8 ¼” H x 5 ½”W). Paperback. Poetry. 295pp.
"96 poems from 25 countries, featuring: Seamus Heaney, Wole Sayinka, LKJ, Benjamin Zephaniah, Wally Mongane Serote, Jeremy Cronin, Tupac Shakur, Andrew Motion, Ntiozake Shange, Dennis Brutus, Breyten Breytenbach.
From the day the cell door closed on Nelson Mandela 40 years ago, poets took up the fight for freedom - not just his freedom, but that of an entire people. This book brings together almost 100 poems from 25 countries that show how a generation of poets turned their pens into political weapons without sacrificing their ability to arouse anger and give shape to dreams. The collection is inspired by the life of the world's most famous political prisoner - but it tells the story of a country and those who joined its struggle for justice."
"We need books like this generous one, to take in our hands and return to." Nadine Gordimer
Book condition: As new, unread and unmarked. Fine