Publisher: African Heritage Press, Nigeria
Bomblast or Breakfast?
Poems
This Volume of Poetry is hoisted on the world’s prevailing
preference of war to peace and order, its fondness for the amassing of
war arsenal while neglecting the poor and the things that sustain life.
The author poses the question, Bomb or Breakfast? It is
impossible to read this collection of poems with-out being struck by the
aching urgency of its subject matter and the bardic clarity of its
rendering. Evident here are many of the stylistic hallmarks I have come
to associate with Nwachukwu-Agbada over the years: clarity of intent, a
social commitment which pays literary competence its due attention;
gravitas of content informed by verbal playfulness, the satirist’s
scathing sarcasm and abiding mission to shock – and change.
£22.00
About the author
Prof. J. Obii J. Nwachukwu-Agbada is an internationally renowned
scholar. He has published several works: Need to Cry, 1980, The Taste of
Honey, 1981, God’s Big Toe, 1987, Love Strokes and Other Stories, 1998,
The Forbidden Fruit, 2009 and Prayer Beads of the Silent Supplicant,
(Poems) 2005. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English
Language and Literature, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria.
Review
“A relentless humanist ethos underlines Nwachukwu-Agbada’s
consciousness in this important volume of poetry. Eloquent here is the
voice of a poet who has a riveting “eye for the unsettling.”
NIYI OSUNDARE, Poet and Distinguished Professor of English, University of New Orleans, USA
“If we swallow wooden pestles / shall we not perpetually stand erect?”
In Bomblasts, J. O. J. Nwachukwu-Agbada refreshes the ancient land marks
of verse with a multi-cultural slant, confidence, and a mature vision.”
OBU UDEOZO, Global Artist
In Two Zulu Poets, Dike Okoro brings to our attention the sparkling wealth of African poetry in indigenous languages. Modern African poets and scholars owe so much to the pioneering efforts of these two South African poets. Dr. Okoro has surely, in this bilingual edition of two Zulu poets, unearthed invaluable gems of poetry.
Tanure Ojaide, Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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