LIBROS DEL AUTOR: christopher okemwa

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  • Butterflies in Gaza
    Christopher Okemwa
    Butterflies in Gaza: A World Anthology of Poems on Peace is a collection of poems written by poets from around the world, most of whom live outside the Israel-Palestine conflict zone. Published beyond the region’s political and religious influences, the anthology brings out a broad poetic perspective of the tragedy.  Contributors express emotions and ideas about the Gaza confli...
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    49,10 €

  • Orchids in Taiwan
    Christopher Okemwa
    I was deeply moved by Okemwa’s deep affection for Taiwan, and constantly amazed by his paradoxical expression techniques utilized in his poems to guide readers into the trap designed by his measure of insinuations. This ironic statement manner strengthens the positive and affirmative attitude and produces unexpected and surprising effects. - Prof. Lee Kuei-shien, Taiwanese Poet...
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    35,86 €

  • Between the Walls and Empty Spaces
    Christopher Okemwa
    Christopher Okemwa is a literature lecturer at Kisii University, Kenya. He has a PhD in performance poetry from Moi University, Kenya. He is the founder and current director of Kistrech International Poetry festival in Kenya (www.kistrechpoetry.org). His novella, Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre, won the Canadian Burt Award for African Literature in 2015. Its sequel, Sabina t...
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    19,00 €

  • Ominous Clouds
    Christopher Okemwa
    Ominous Clouds is a collection of poems that have specifically been selected from previous works by the author. The collection comprises poems with the theme of Kenyan politics. Issues of governance, negative ethnicity, and political violence are tackled.The poems have been translated into Finnish, Norwegian, and Greek. These multiple translations enable the poetry to travel ar...
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    32,18 €

  • Sabina the Rain Girl
    Christopher Okemwa
    'Me? Wo-o-o-o-!' ... 'Oh-o-o-o- no! Not me!' Sabina screamed. She stretched her hand to receive the knife. 'Mama-a-a-a!' ... She collapsed in shock! She wailed and wriggled in pain on the tall grass.A sudden yell broke from the crowd. It was her mother. ..... 'Oh, my daughter! Why you! Why! Why!' she hissed with enraged bitterness. ... 'You are too young to take a journey to th...
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    32,06 €

  • Oral Poetry in Africa
    Christopher Okemwa
    Oral Poetry of the Abagusii of Kenya highlights characteristics of African oral traditions with a particular focus on the oral poetry of the Abagusii of Kenya. It shows that oral poetry in the Abagusii community covered every facet of life. The community’s social-political and economic life, history, values, norms and customs were stored in the oral poetry, in addition to prove...
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    38,49 €

  • Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre
    Christopher Okemwa
    Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre is a fast-paced thriller that winds through tales of encounters of mysteries and near-misses, underlining Sabina’s unusual courage in the face of overwhelming sentiment of deeply-rooted traditional practices.*****'Ogre! Ogre! Ogre!' women shouted. 'Here comes the ogre!' voices rose. A vibrating snarl rent the air, sending Sabina into a trem...
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    32,27 €

  • Proverbs of Abagusii of Kenya
    Christopher Okemwa
    Like most cultural groups, the oral tradition of Abagusii People of Kenya is expressed in, among others, proverbs. These capture lessons and meaning, modulated by time and context as they are passed down generations. Like riddles and metaphors, proverbs express the wisdom of a culture and find apt applications in many situations. Christopher Okemwa’s work documents some of the ...
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    35,88 €

  • Riddles of Abagusii of Kenya
    Christopher Okemwa
    Riddles, along with proverbs, are key aspects of oral communication in many African cultures, including that of Abagusii of Kenya. Popular, especially with children in the community, participants typically use riddles to challenge one another’s knoweldge. One person would metaphorically describe something with a concealed clue. The listener, using imagination, previous experien...
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    32,06 €

  • Chubot, the Cursed One & Other Stories
    Christopher Okemwa
    Christopher Okemwa’s Chubot, the Cursed & Other Stories is a collection that captures society’s realities as played by characters rendered in these stories.A recurring theme is the role of women in society and their longing for equity, their triumph often depicted by heroines catapulted by circumstances rather than deliberate action of society to engineer their success. Women’s...
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    33,47 €

  • The Gong
    Christopher Okemwa
    The GONG Of my childhood rings louder Its echo hurtles in, faster Catching up with me Every night in my dreams The bicycles, donkey carts The farmers’ open vans Raced up and down this pebbly road Leaving behind trails of dustI sat here, on this anthill On a market day Counting people, donkeys I was a loner then The mantis as my teddy bear.'A very good insig...
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    32,12 €