Red Earth / Laterite
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Cast in a language at once as stark and as pregnant with possibility as the West African landscape itself, this prizewinning collection of poems by acclaimed African writer and artist V ronique Tadjo cuts to the heart of the modern African experience. The term lat rite refers to the red, iron-rich earth characteristic of many West African villages and roads. Suggestive of movement--of the age-old displacement of African peoples, of shifting directions and an uncertain future--it is at the same time emblematic of connectedness, of the visceral bond between people and the land that sustains them. These themes echo throughout Red Earth / Lat rite as the poems slowly intertwine, recapitulating one another to form an extended recitative, a lyrical narrative of love and outrage and loss. Together, they constitute a vivid statement about the African experience from on of the continent's most powerful and spellbinding voices.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1597660094
ISBN13:9781597660099
Release Date:January 2006
Publisher:Eastern Washington University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.0"
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