Kalakuta Republic, by Chris Abani
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This powerful collection of poems details the harrowing experiences endured by Abani and other political prisoners at the hands of Nigeria’s military regime in the late 1980s. Abani vividly describes the characters that peopled this dark world, from prison inmates such as John James, tortured to death at the age of fourteen, to the general overseers. First published after his release from jail in 1991, Kalakuta Republic remains a paean to those who suffered and to the indomitable human spirit. ‘Reading Abani’s poems is like being singed by a red hot iron.’ Harold Pinter ‘Abani’s poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts to the heart of human strength, survival and tyranny.’ Pride Magazine ‘Stunning poems … Abani conveys the experience in words shaped into art and made unforgettable by their quietness.’ New Humanist 'A beautiful work of art ... elevates art and humanity above meanness and inhumanity.' World Literature Today 'A brave and challenging book ... I was moved as much by what the poems have achieved as by what they have rescued from that nightmare world. Reading, I found myself in tears.' Sunday Tribune ‘An unheralded chunk of authentic literature’ New Statesman ‘Abani’s …poems contain moments of grace, humanity and humor.’ Susannah Tarbush, Diwaniya ‘Chris has emerged with poems that are graceful pieces of art, almost ready to be hung in a gallery for others to come and enter them and rest in them and weep in them and admire them.' Kwame Dawes, professor of English literature, University of Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Kalakuta Republic, by Chris Abani- Amazon Sales Rank: #1627070 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review 'A beautiful work of art . . . elevates art and humanity above meanness and inhumanity.' --World Literature Today'An unheralded chunk of authentic literature . . . Abani has lived to tell his tale, the least we can do, is listen to it.' --New Statesman 'A brave and challenging book . . . I was moved as much by what the poems have achieved as by what they have rescued from that nightmare world. Reading, I found myself in tears.' --Sunday Tribune 'Abani's poems are the most naked, harrowing expression of prison life and political torture imaginable. Reading them is like being singed by a red hot iron.' --Harold Pinter 'Abani's survival instinct and his poems contain moments of grace, humanity and humor.' --Susannah Tarbush, Diwaniya 'Abani's poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength, survival and tyranny.' --Pride 'Chris has emerged with poems that are graceful pieces of art, almost ready to be hung in a gallery for others to come and enter them and rest in them and weep in them and admire them.' --Kwame Dawes, professor of English literature, University of Columbia, South Carolina, USA
About the Author In 1985, at the age of 18, Chris Abani was imprisoned following the publication of his first novel. He was released six months later. When his second novel, Sirocco, was published in 1987, it was seized by government forces and his publisher forced to close. That same year he was again arrested, detained and accused of sedition for performing anti-government plays. In 1991, after the performance of his play, Song of a Broken Flute, he was arrested for the third time and held on death row. He now lives in London. Kalakuta Republic is based on his experience as political prisoner between 1985 and 1991.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Dark Light By A Customer Abani's book left me speechless. At the horror. The pain and the inhumanity of other people.It also left me speechless with regard to myself. It reminded me of what is important in life and how important it is, at whatever level, to do the right thing, no matter how difficult.The poet's tale of incaceration for his writing in Nigeria's old regimes is a humbling one. It is also an inspiring one. No other book in the last ten years has moved me as much.The poems are beautifully balanced pieces with a clear narrative. The Language, while simple, achieves a complex poetic form - the rendering of life into words.This book is a must read!!!!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Light from Dark By A Customer Abani's collection is one of the best examples of witness-poetry. In a genre overloaded by self indulgent writing, Abani's work is fresh and new. The voice is raw, the subject mater engaging, powerful and definately distrubing.The poems themselves are actually quite easy to read - form wise that is! The contents on the other hand are difficult. They narrate the terror of the writer as a prisoner of consceince and where others hold back, Abani lets you have it in the face!It is not often that a writer can pull off a piece of work this good, but Abani succeeded.Read it!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Superb work by a brilliant poet!! By D. Festus Okoro The transformation of horrific experiences and psychological trauma into something more powerful than pain. Abani is simply sizzling and brilliant in this book. The poems, all heart-rending, represent voices that desire freedom. Each poem is full of vitality. This book is a testimony from an ex political prisoner and one of the finest poets of his generation. --Dike Okoro Milwaukee, WI USA
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