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Mmaa

Mmaa

Mmaa

Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe Jr.

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9780595317349
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In this threnodic and filial homage to his late mother, Okoampa-Ahoofe wistfully depicts the matriarch as an all-pervading spirit of boundless generosity and warmth. It is a solemn and loving conversation between the poet and his creator-mother and esthetic muse.

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