African Spring
African Spring (2018) is a collection of poetry written between 2009 and 2018 by Uhlamurile Mabunda[1], self published via Jacana Media through its Staging Post imprint.
| Author | Uhlamurile Mabunda |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Poetry |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Staging Post |
Publication date | 2018 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 88 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-928440-01-7 Search this book on  . |
| Text | African Spring online |
| Website | https://www.uhlamurile.co.za |
Overview[edit]
African spring[2] is a collection that was written to tell our story and change our narrative. An interpretation of what an uprising of the people would read like, touching on issues ranging from gender, love and pain to the power of our thoughts and happiness. Offers up a different perspective on growth and serves up a journey that we can take should we choose to do things better.
This poetry collection offers a decade-long perspective on and serves up a journey that we can take should we choose to do things better. It is an interpretation of what an uprising of the people would read like, touching on issues ranging from gender, love and pain to the power of thoughts and happiness. An offering to the young to challenge poetry and society, to consider not their words as litter to literature. The book is divided into 6 themed chapters and has a total of 58 pieces.
Chapters[edit]
BookOne - Philogyny[edit]
- Heart of a Matriarch
- Thou Art Man
- A Simple Man
- Tree of Arcs
- Cry My Son
- Once a Child
- My Brother's Keeper
BookTwo - Negrophilia[edit]
- Show them everything
- Little Jimmy
- Liquorice
- Hi Lava Msava
- Audacity
- Riding on the sun
- Atonement
- Captive
- Nothing Shorter
BookThree - Ubuntu[edit]
- Obsessed with Perfection
- Camouflage lies
- Untold
- I never left you
- Full of it
- The Paradox of proposition
- I saw it all
- Dear Self
- Social convention
- Internal Affairs
- Circle of Light
- The old guard
BookFour - Love[edit]
- Untitled Love
- Just remember this
- I like her
- Come with me
- Friend zone
- My walk with love
- Do speak ill of me
- Bliss
- Excuse me miss
- Just my day
- Cappuccino with cream
- What I Miss?
- The Side
- Speak to Her
BookFive - Melancholy[edit]
- The Fathers struggle
- A cut of grief
- If words meant a thing
- Missing Child
- Phases
- Us?
- The sight of pain
- Thespians and Companions
- What am I to you?
BookSix - Elation[edit]
- Allow me to
- Little People
- Trumpets to heaven
- Sweet art
- Steaming hot
- Free
- Poiesis
References[edit]
- ↑ Uhlamurile Mabunda
- ↑ Mabunda, Uhlamurile (2018). Uhlamurile. Staging Post. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-928440-01-7. Search this book on
External links[edit]
Uhlamurie Mabunda (13 August 2018). African Spring: Poems. Staging Post. ISBN 978-1-928440-01-7. Search this book on
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