Publisher: Malthouse Press, Nigeria
Herding South
In Herding South, Peter Omoko spotlights the dispossessed
and dystopian fate of minority groups in Nigeria, and the fractured
social equilibrium that pervades the land, with its polarising and
destructive effect on the people’s psyche. Writing essentially as a
troubled witness, the poet navigates through the horrifying pains and
trauma of a people, instigated by the ineptitude and narrow-mindedness
of their leadership. Omoko’s intention in this collection – to speak
home-truth to power in order to reclaim the people’s humanity – is well
delineated in the sardonic and emotive metaphors used in the poetry and
the rhetorical force of its lines.
£17.00 – £18.00
About the author
Peter
E. Omoko (Ph.D) is a playwright/scholar who teaches African oral
literature, creative writing, African and European literatures at the
Department of English, Delta State College of Education, Mosogar Delta
State. Omoko is also an award-winning playwright. His published plays
include Battles of Pleasure (2009), Three Plays (an anthology of plays,
2010), Uloho (2013), Crude Nightmen (2015) and Majestic Revolt (2016).
Review
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
“In these poems, Peter Omoko adorns the gab of the griot to diagnose the socio-political ailments that afflict his homeland.”
Nduka Otiono