| Kalakuta Republic Contributor(s): Abani, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0863563228 ISBN-13: 9780863563225 Publisher: Saqi Books OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: "Kalakuta Republic" is a powerful collection of poems detailing the harrowing experiences endured by Abani and others at the hands of Nigeria's military regime in the late 1980s. Abani's poems are dedicated to those who experienced but did not live through the suffering. In the poems, he describes the characters that people this dark world, from the prison inmates to their torturers, the generals. "Kalakuta Republic" is based on Abani's experience as political prisoner between 1985 and 1991. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | African - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2001320279 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.06" W x 7.93" (0.26 lbs) 116 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - British Isles - Ethnic Orientation - African - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This powerful collection of poems details the harrowing experiences endured by Abani and other political prisoners at the hands of Nigeria's military regime in the late 1980s. |